European Surgical Research · 2008 · 17 citations · 0 references
MedicineSurgeryUrologyKidney TransplantationTransplant SurgeryUrologic SurgeryKidney SurgeryRenal Cell CarcinomaRenal DiseaseRenal NeoplasmsRenal SurgeryBilateral Renovascular DiseaseKidney Cancer SurgeryRenal AutotransplantationRenal HypertensionRenal Salvage SurgeryRenal Transplant SurgeryRenal Tumor SurgeryRenovascular Complications
31 patients with renovascular hypertension, calculous disease, short ureter or renal carcinoma (single kidney) were treated with renal autotransplantation, in 3 patients bilaterally. There were 2 deaths due to cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction. Secondary nephrectomy was performed in 2 patients, and thus 29 of 31 autotransplanted kidneys were salvaged.