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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 26.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Surg. 1972 Aug;105(2):167–172. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1972.04180080021004

Table 2.

Findings in 43 Patients With Asymptomatic Hyperamylasemia After Renal Transplantation*

Operation No. of Cases Serum Amylase, Highest Value, Units† Postoperative Hyperamylasemia
Before Operation After Operation Onset, Days After Operation Duration, Days
Bilateral nephrectomies and splenectomy, transplantation 27 75–678 (225) 300–5,500 (1,097) 1–18 (4) 1–69 (11)
Transplantation only‡ 16 44–275 (144) 350–1,422 (872) 1–43 (6) 1–28 (8)
*

Range and mean values are given.

†

Caraway or iodometric units.

‡

Eleven patients had undergone preliminary bilateral nephrectomies and splenectomy; two patients received second transplants 28 and 74 months after having undergone the combined procedure; three patients never had nephrectomies and splenectomy.