The Scintigram after Renal Transplantation in Man

Abstract

KIDNEY transplantation now offers a hope for patients dying in chronic uremia. The use of cadavers avoids many of the ethical problems encountered with living donors.The production of urine within several minutes after a renal transplantation from a cadaver donor is the rule rather than the exception. Occasionally, the diuretic phase persists, and the patient recovers without the need for further dialysis. In most cases, however, oliguria develops and may last for as long as three or four weeks. It is during this initial period of oliguria that the need for an accurate diagnosis arises. Is the kidney dead, . . .