[Thirty years of hemodialysis treatment at Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg].

Abstract

An artificial kidney has been taken into operation in the clinic for surgery of the University of Halle-Wittenberg since 1959. This was the second clinical arrangement in the DDR. The indication of the application evolved by the acute renal failure, about the chronic renal insufficiency, within to the hemodialysis as an additive for kidney transplantation. Coworkers of our clinic were engaged vigorously in the technical development of this method in the GDR.