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I'm doing a essay on the kidney, and am wondering if anyone has some wild facts, possibly the odds of having one kidney?
P.S. if anyone knows the percentage of the population with a removed appendix that would be great too (its extra credit)
* A small percentage of the population (approximately .07 percent) are born with more than two kidneys. An even smaller percentage (about .02 percent) are born with only one kidney.
* The average adult kidney can process up to three gallons of liquid in a two-hour period.
* The first successful kidney transplant recipient was Donald R. Sugeman of London, England. He received his kidney in 1954 and survived 12 years after receiving his kidney.
* The youngest kidney recipient ever was 3-month old Aleisha C Christensen of the Netherlands. She was born with acute renal failure which necessitated the transplant. An 18-year-old cousin was the donor.
Posted By: Athene* The youngest kidney recipient ever was 3-month old Aleisha C Christensen of the Netherlands. She was born with acute renal failure which necessitated the transplant. An 18-year-old cousin was the donor.
Yes, quite a complex operation, many organs required shifting so that the kidney would fit properly without constricting blood vessels.
The kidneys of an Indonesian Black Rat were once replaced with kidney beans, to test a theory. The rat lived 4 days.
Ooh, I remember reading about that in the AMA Journal, Udo. It said the doctors involved in the transplant contemplated using fava beans because the protein ratio was higher than that of the kidney bean, but they declined. They feared the general public would equate using fava beans to the reference made in "The Silence of the Lambs" and not take them seriously. They estimated the rat would have lived 3 days longer had fava beans been used. That poor rat!
After the rat died, they toasted him with a nice Chianti (but left his liver intact)...
Fava beans??? They're not the right shape!
O.K. thanks guys, this stuff is great. does anyone know the percentage of the population with a removed appendix?
8% but the rate of removal is droping by 0.09% every year because of advances made in food processing and medical care.
The death rate due to burst appendixes (appendices?) in third-world countries has dropped nearly 50% since 2000 thanks to greater medical presence in those regions.
I had an appendix transplant when I was in college. It was at the first for-profit hospital in the country. I'm still wondering what exactly I paid for.
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