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Pulmonary Embolism in a Living-Related Kidney Transplantation Donor

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Living-related renal transplantation is the optimal therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Normally, complications are rare in living-related donor nephrectomy. However, we experienced a case of pulmonary embolism (PE). The incidence of PE in living donor nephrectomy is rare, but the total incidence of PE in surgical operations has recently increased. The patient in the case reported here was diagnosed relatively early and recovered with appropriate treatment. It is very important for surgeons to realize that serious complications such as PE can develop in any case of living donor nephrectomy.

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  1. Department of Organ Transplant and Endoclinological Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Hirokoji, Kawaramachi, Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Hidetaka Ushigome, Hitoshi Yasui, Masahiko Okamoto, Kiyokazu Akioka, Kenji Nakamura, Yayoi Kadotani, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Takahiro Oka & Norio Yoshimura

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  1. Hidetaka Ushigome
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Received: May 1, 2001 / Accepted: January 8, 2002

Acknowledgment. This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Research on Human Genome, Tissue Engineering Food Biotechnology, Health Sciences Research Grants, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.

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Ushigome, H., Yasui, H., Okamoto, M. et al. Pulmonary Embolism in a Living-Related Kidney Transplantation Donor. Surg Today 33, 399–402 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950300091

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