| Theme | Dialysis and Cystic Renal Disease | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Polycystic kidney disease -- treatment with dialysis | |
| Publish Date | 2002/05 | |
| Author | Junko Arai | Department of Medicine, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| [ Summary ] | Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is the most common renal cystic disease which causes end stage renal disease in adults. In Japan, PKD accounted for 3.2% of patients on maintenance hemodialysis at the end of 2000. The prognosis for polycystic kidney disease during endstage renal disease (ESRD) treatment is good, compared to that for other causes of ESRD. The ten year survival rate is 56.9% for those on hemodialysis. Specific complications related to ADPKD may expected to compromise survival and outcome of patients treated with maintenance hemodialysis. Longer term prognoses remain to be examined in a more extended, case-controlled cohort and transplantation should be considered for some patients. | |