Abstract #1320

Renal Size Estimation by MRI in Living Renal Allograft Donation: Follow-Up of the Remaining and of the Donated Kidney

Peter Vermathen¹, Aurelia Rusch-Klbener¹, Tania Bhler¹, Tobias Binser¹, Harriet C. Thoeny², Felix J. Frey³, Chris Boesch¹, Ute Eisenberger³

¹Depts Clinical Research and Radiology, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ²DRNN, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ³Dept. Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

The effect of unilateral nephrectomy on the sizes of the remaining kidneys was investigated longitudinally over 1 year in 13 living renal donors and the sizes of the explanted kidneys were followed up in the corresponding recipients.