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  • Title: Single kidney outcome and management in persons with spinal cord injury.
    Author: Stover SL, Wiggins KC.
    Journal: J Spinal Cord Med; 2000; 23(1):2-5. PubMed ID: 10752866.
    Abstract:
    This case study examined the outcomes of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) who had a single kidney. A Urologic Database, including 1655 persons with SCI between 1969 and 1997, was examined and 22 persons were identified with single kidneys. Twenty persons had adequate follow-up. Renal function was measured by total and individual kidney effective renal plasma flow (ERPF). Of 11 persons who had a single kidney prior to injury or as a result of an associated injury, all maintained a normal ERPF for an average of 8.6 years. Of 9 persons who had removal of a kidney following their injury for other diseases or urinary complications, 3 were deceased, but 2 had a normal ERPF in the remaining kidney prior to death. One with vesicoureteral reflux had decreased renal function in the remaining kidney. Recurrent renal calculi in a single kidney carries risks for decreasing renal function, urosepsis, and death.
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