. 1993; 6(3): 197-201

The Estimation of Kidney Sizes in Turkish Population

O. Bircan1, G. Öner2, O. Saka3, T. Kavasoglu4, M. Akaydın4
1From Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, 07070 Antalya, Türkiye.
2From Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, 07070 Antalya, Türkiye.
3From Department of Biostatistic, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, 07070 Antalya, Türkiye.
4From Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, 07070 Antalya, Türkiye.

Estimation of the renal size is often required especially for differential diagnosis of renal diseases. In this study to estimate the normal range of kidney length of the healthy Turkish Population, 673 subjects among 9 to 59 years of age were studied by ultrasonography which is accepted to be the most suitable noninvasive technique for the estimation of kidney length.
In this present study, it has been noticed that there is a positive and significant correlation between kidney length and body mass index in age 9-19 years. Our data also showed that kidneys reach to their mature sizes at the 3rd decade of life and remain without significant changes until 60 years of age. No significant changes in the length of left and right kidney and no difference relation to sex were observed.
Our results also indicated that the estimation of renal size using our approach obtained in this study are more accurate than the values which are procured by the equations given in the literature.

Keywords: Ultrasonography, kidney length, Turkish Population


O. Bircan, G. Öner, O. Saka, T. Kavasoglu, M. Akaydın. The Estimation of Kidney Sizes in Turkish Population. . 1993; 6(3): 197-201

Sorumlu Yazar: G. Öner, Türkiye


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