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[Bilateral nephrectomy--a life-saving procedure]. 1997

J Schraml, and J Knespl, and R Splechtna

Urologické oddĕlení, Masarykova nemocnice, Ustí nad Labem.

Authors report a rare case of complications that occurred after an invasive urodynamic examination. In order to save the life of a patient with a bilateral acute abscessing pyelonefritidis due to pseudomonad uroseption and accompanied by a shock status with multi-organ failure it was necessary to perform the complete bilateral nefrectomy. After removing of the infection zone, i.e. -both kidneys, -the status of the patient dramatically improved. The patient survived and is taking part in dialysis-transplantation programme.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009102	Multiple Organ Failure	A progressive condition usually characterized by combined failure of several organs such as the lungs, liver, kidney, along with some clotting mechanisms, usually postinjury or postoperative.	MODS,Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome,Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, Multiple,Organ Failure, Multiple,Failure, Multiple Organ,Multiple Organ Failures
D009336	Necrosis	The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.
D009392	Nephrectomy	Excision of kidney.	Heminephrectomy,Heminephrectomies,Nephrectomies
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011552	Pseudomonas Infections	Infections with bacteria of the genus PSEUDOMONAS.	Infections, Pseudomonas,Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection,Infection, Pseudomonas,Pseudomonas Infection,Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections
D011704	Pyelonephritis	Inflammation of the KIDNEY involving the renal parenchyma (the NEPHRONS); KIDNEY PELVIS; and KIDNEY CALICES. It is characterized by ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; NAUSEA; VOMITING; and occasionally DIARRHEA.	Necrotizing Pyelonephritis,Pyelonephritis, Acute Necrotizing,Pyelonephritides
D004630	Emergencies	Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.	Emergency
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man