Table 1.
Summary of study information and patient demographics (ND = not documented, *confirmed by dimercaptosuccinic acid renography)
| Author | Journal | Year | Country | Level of evidence | Number of patients | Male: Female | Mean age +/- 1 SD (years) | Mean BMI +/-1 SD (kg/m2) | Mean pre-operative creatinine +/- SD (mg/dL) | Aetiology of solitary kidney | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contra-lateral nephrectomy | Congenital agenesis | Non-functioning contra-lateral kidney * | ||||||||||
| Atis | Urology | 2013 | Turkey | 4 | 24 | 14:10 | 44.41 +/-2.15 | ND | 1.54 +/-0.55 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Yuruk | Journal of Endourology | 2014 | Turkey | 4 | 18 | 9:9 | 47.1 +/-13.8 | 25.5 +/-4.2 | 1.38 +/-0.4 | ND | ND | ND |
| Gao | Journal of Endourology | 2014 | China | 4 | 45 | 29:16 | 51.04 +/-1.67 | ND | 1.29 +/-0.61 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| Giusti | World Journal of Urology | 2014 | Italy | 4 | 29 | 17:12 | 55.7 +/-12.3 | 25.1 +/-2.5 | 1.5 +/-0.6 | 14 | 6 | 9 |