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  • Title: Selective renal transplantation in primary hyperoxaluria type 1.
    Author: Allen AR, Thompson EM, Williams G, Watts RW, Pusey CD.
    Journal: Am J Kidney Dis; 1996 Jun; 27(6):891-5. PubMed ID: 8651256.
    Abstract:
    Primary hyperoxaluria type I (PHI) is a cause of end-stage renal disease in young people. It is caused by deficient activity of hepatic peroxisomal alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT), which results in hyperoxalemia and hyperoxaluria. The consequent urolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis result in renal impairment, with further reduction in oxalate excretion and eventual systemic oxalosis. Historically, renal transplantation has yielded very poor results in these patients because of recurrent oxalosis of the graft. Within the last 10 years, combined hepatorenal transplantation has been successfully applied, simultaneously correcting the metabolic lesion in the liver and replacing the damaged kidneys. It has, however, become apparent that medical therapy with vigorous hydration, inhibitors of stone formation and pyridoxine (AGT co-factor), may be successful at delaying, and occasionally in preventing, urolithiasis in some hyperoxaluric patients, particularly those whose hyperoxaluria is reduced by pyridoxine. This, together with intensive perioperative management and modern surgical methods of stone management such as lithotripsy, laser or ultrasound stone fragmentation, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy, means that renal transplantation alone may be feasible in selected patients. We describe a patient with PHI with clinical and biochemical evidence of significant residual AGT activity who underwent a successful live-related renal transplantation with excellent renal function and no stone recurrence 1 year posttransplantation. The appropriate transplantation strategies for these complex patients are discussed and include isolated renal transplantation for those patients who are without significant systemic oxalosis and have evidence of residual AGT activity.
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