POSTPARTUM RUPTURE OF A RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM TO A SOLITARY KIDNEY

Julian A. Smith, D. G. Macleish

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery · 1985 · 18 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

We present the case of the first known survivor of postpartum rupture of a renal artery aneurysm where the contralateral kidney was congenitally absent. An important surgical principle, that of establishing the presence of one kidney before removing the other, is illustrated.

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