Real-time estimation of nephron activity with a linear measurement system (RENAL-MS) predicts postoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-4-2023
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a simple point-of-care measurement system estimating renal parenchymal volume using tools ubiquitously available could be used to replace nuclear medicine renal scintigraphy (NMRS) in current clinical practice to predict estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after nephrectomy by estimating preoperative split renal function.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of patients who underwent abdominal cross-sectional imaging (computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging) and mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) NMRS prior to total nephrectomy at a single institution. We developed the real-time estimation of nephron activity with a linear measurement system (RENAL-MS) method of estimating postoperative renal function via the following technique: renal parenchymal volume of the removed kidney relative to the remaining kidney was estimated as the product of renal length and the average of six renal parenchymal thickness measurements. The utility of this value was compared to the utility of the split renal function measured by MAG3 for prediction of eGFR and new onset Stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) at ≥90 days after nephrectomy using uni- and multivariate linear and logistic regression.
RESULTS: A total of 57 patients met the study criteria. The median (interquartile range [IQR]) age was 69 (61-80) years. The median (IQR) pre- and postoperative eGFR was 74 (57-89) and 46 (35-62) mL/min/1.73 m
CONCLUSION: A point-of-care tool to estimate renal parenchymal volume (RENAL-MS) performed equally as well as NMRS to predict postoperative eGFR and de novo Stage 3 CKD after nephrectomy in our population, suggesting NMRS may not be necessary in this setting.
ISSN
1464-410X
Published In/Presented At
Schober, J. P., Ginsburg, K. B., Kutikov, A., Cho, E. Y., Loecher, M., Strauss, D., Castro Bigalli, A. A., Handorf, E., Deng, M., Anaokar, J., Chen, D. Y. T., Greenberg, R. E., Smaldone, M. C., Viterbo, R., Correa, A. F., Uzzo, R. G., & Strother, M. (2023). Real-time estimation of nephron activity with a linear measurement system (RENAL-MS) predicts postoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate. BJU international, 10.1111/bju.16172. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.16172
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
37667554
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article