Is acute kidney injury after laparoscopic adrenalectomy related to the progression of chronic kidney disease in patients with primary aldosteronism?

Jee Hee Yoon Ho Seok Chung A Ram Hong Hee Kyung Kim Ho-Cheol Kang Myung Soo Kim Eu Chang Hwang Seung Il Jung Kwangsung Park Dong Deuk Kwon

Published in: Investigative and clinical urology (2021)

In this study, one-quarter of the patients had postoperative AKI after unilateral adrenalectomy for the treatment of PA. However, postoperative AKI was not directly correlated with CKD progression. Preoperative albuminuria was an independent predictor of the progression of CKD.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
acute kidney injury
patients undergoing
cardiac surgery
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
robot assisted
patient reported outcomes
combination therapy
patient reported
smoking cessation
laparoscopic surgery