腎結核の統計的観察ならびに腎剔症例の予後

Abstract

Statistical observation on cases of renal tuberc u losis for the past 6 years (1954-1960) made in the Hiroshima Citizens Hospital reveals as follows : 1) 109 cases of renal tuberculosis were observed which a ccounts for 2, 78 per cent of all the urological patients (3, 882) during the 6 years. This suggests a declining tendency as compared with previous reports. 2) Cases of 20-39 y e a r age group (at the time of hospitalisation) were most frequent. According to the recent investigation, however, a tendency of a slight age-shifting to older age group has been observed. 3) The summar y on cases of renal tuberculosis available from various reports, as shown in Table 3, indicates that renal tuberculosis are more prevalent in males than females. 4) Right kidneys were affected in 47 cases, left in 46 cases and bilateral in 12 c a ses. 5) 6 cases of "cement kidney" were observed. 6) 2 cases with interesting complicati o n, renal calculus, were observed. 7) Nephrectomy was conducted on 71 cases. The prognosis o f 69 cases observed after 2 months of nephrectomy for 6 years (appeared to be very good), except only 2 fatal cases and 2 tuberculosis cases in remainig kidney (one of them was fatal case).