ABSTRACT
From 1973 to July 1990, 183 kidney transplantations were performed at the Transplantation Unit of the Department of Urology--Faculty of Medicine--University of Zagreb. Out of these, 57 were from the living related donors. The research included 50 (88%) living related donors (28 mothers, 12 fathers, 5 brothers and 5 sisters) followed up from 1 to 15 years after donor nephrectomy. The donors' health conditions were evaluated by clinical-laboratory examinations (biochemical tests, renal function tests, urinoculture, ultrasound, isotopic renal studies, arterial blood pressure). In 48 (96%) neither morphological nor functional changes of the urinary system were found. A certain number of donors requested a transfer to less physically strenuous jobs. Except for the grafts functioning well in the recipients, the results also showed that the quality of donors' lives remained unchanged.
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Kidney Transplantation , Nephrectomy , Tissue Donors , Adult , Aged , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Nephrectomy/adverse effectsABSTRACT
We report two patients with congenital ventral penile curvature. Both patients were admitted to our Department at 18 years of age, because of deformation which was an obstacle to their normal sexual intercourse. Deformity was corrected with the Nesbit procedure using intraoperative artificial erection. During the surgical procedure no chordee or anomalies of the urethra or spongy tissue could be detected, thus changes were classified in a relatively rare group of deformities due to the inelasticity of tunica albuginea. We have also made some observations on the technique applied which could be helpful in practice.
