Article Type
Original Study
Abstract
Acute renal failure after biliary tract surgery was first described by Clair-mont and VonHaberer {1911}. The cause of supression of renal function in patients with obstructive jaundice is controversial. Dawson (1964) suggested deficient renal perfusion. He reported significant improvement of kindey function following mannitol diuresis. Endotoxaemia has a deleterious effect on renal function and structure. Endotoxaemia is due to absence of bile salts from the small itestine (Cavanough et at. 1970) and Mckay et al. (1966). After biliary drainage (PTD), Lygid-akis (1987) showed improvement of blood urea, serum creatinine and creattnine clearance. Thompson et ai., (1986) using isotopic renal scan DTPA showed that in jaun- diced patients G. F. R. was lower before biliary drainage than controls and that it increased significantly after drainage. In this paper we studied renal function in 15 patients with obstructive jaundice before and after biliary drainage using isotopic renal scan in one surgical unit in Mansoura teaching hospital.
Recommended Citation
El-Zawahry, M; Gendy, M; Farid, M; Horia, H; Abo El Hoda, M; El Laithy, Ramadan; and El Diasty, Tarek
(1990)
"RADIO ISOTOPIC STUDY OF KIDNEY FUNCTION IN OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE,"
Mansoura Medical Journal: Vol. 19
:
Iss.
1
, Article 8.
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.21608/mjmu.1990.138764
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