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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 82:599 (2000)
© 2000 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Letters to The Editor

Letters to The Editor

Acute Renal Failure

Max Gibbons, M.A., F.R.C.S., Hamish Simpson, D.M., F.R.C.S., Paul A. Sloan, M.D. and Herb Kaufer, M.D.

To The Editor:

We were surprised to read "Acute Tubular Necrosis of an Allograft Kidney following Total Hip Replacement. A Case Report" (79-A: 1402-1403, Sept. 1997), by Cable et al., as previous reports in the world literature, from both sides of the Atlantic, have described acute renal failure in renal transplant patients following hip replacement and the dangers of pressure on the transplant when the procedure is performed with the patient in the lateral position.

In addition to the case report by Zimmerman and Yett3, we reported one case of acute renal failure in a series of twenty-five transplant patients who had a total of thirty-four hip replacements1. In that study, we noted that renal transplant patients need special consideration during corrective surgery. It is essential to monitor the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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