Moorthy H Krishna, Venugopal P
Department of Urology, Lourdes Hospital, Kochi, India.
Indian J Urol. 2011 Apr;27(2):169-75. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.82832.
Kidney volume is regarded as the most precise indicator of kidney size. However, volume assessment is not widely used clinically because its measurement is difficult due to the complex kidney shape. Apart from the conventional methods of measurement of renal dimensions from X-rays, ultrasound scan, computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging have evolved as the three best modalities for this purpose currently. Assessment of kidney size should also be made individually since many factors like body mass index, height, gender, age, position of kidneys, sex, stenoses and number of renal arteries influence the measurements. In this paper, we have critically analysed the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods of renal morphometry, by reviewing the literature spanning over the period of 1976 - 2009.
肾体积被视为肾脏大小最精确的指标。然而,体积评估在临床上并未广泛应用,因为肾脏形状复杂,测量困难。除了通过X射线测量肾脏尺寸的传统方法外,超声扫描、计算机断层扫描和磁共振成像目前已发展成为实现这一目的的三种最佳方式。由于许多因素,如体重指数、身高、性别、年龄、肾脏位置、性别、狭窄以及肾动脉数量等都会影响测量结果,因此肾脏大小的评估也应因人而异。在本文中,我们通过回顾1976年至2009年期间的文献,对各种肾脏形态测量方法的优缺点进行了批判性分析。