[Risk factors in bilateral nephrectomy as a method for preparation of patients for kidney transplantation].

In the period from April 1965 to August 1988 the kidneys of 65 patients were removed in the pretransplantation period in the Department of Kidney Transplantation of the All-Union Research Center of Surgery, AMS USSR. The operation was undertaken for the hypertonic form of chronic glomerulonephritis in 36 and for pyelonephritis and polycystic disease of the kidneys in 34 patients. The effect of anemia and hypoproteinemia on postoperative lethality was analysed. A direct correlative dependence between the postoperative lethality and the above-listed factors was detected. The results of the study provide evidence of the importance of the effect of the character of the preoperative preparation on the results of nephrectomy in the early postoperative period.