Adverse pregnancy outcomes and clinical management in patients with solitary kidney

Solitary kidney may be congenital or occur as a result of nephrectomy due to nonfunctioning kidney,living donors,tumor,tuberculosis or renal calculi. No matter what causes solitary kidney,there are few reports of solitary kidney pregnancy. Many deficiencies exist in the understanding of this population's pregnancy. This review summarized adverse pregnancy outcomes and clinical management of solitary kidney to boost its clinical awareness.