The Evaluation of Renal Allo and Autotransplantation Results in Cats

Authors

FATMA ESER ÖZGENCİL
ÖMER BEŞALTI
AHMET ÖZAK
NALAN KARADEMİR
JALE ERDEĞER
BETÜL TANYEL

DOI

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Abstract

For the first time in Turkey, renal autotransplantation in 7 cats and renal allotransplantation in 7 cats having blood-crossmatch-compatible donors were performed. Immunosuppression was maintained by a prednisolone-cyclosporin combination in the renal allotransplantation group. All cats in the renal allotransplantation group died during the operation or between 3 and 72 h postoperatively. Two cats in the renal autotransplantation group survived approximately 2 years. Hyperacute or acute rejection findings were not encountered according to perioperative observations, laboratory findings or histopathological evaluations of renal allografts. The results of histopathological evaluations of renal allografts indicated acute tubular necrosis (ATN) findings caused by renal hypoperfusion due to hypotension. The reason for ATN was considered to be a result of hypotension that invasive methods could not control.

Keywords

Cat, transplantation, kidney, immunosuppression, cyclosporin

First Page

1351

Last Page

1360

Recommended Citation

ÖZGENCİL, FATMA ESER; BEŞALTI, ÖMER; ÖZAK, AHMET; KARADEMİR, NALAN; ERDEĞER, JALE; and TANYEL, BETÜL (2002) "The Evaluation of Renal Allo and Autotransplantation Results in Cats," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 26: No. 6, Article 23. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol26/iss6/23