title: Treatment of extensive renal calculi with extracorporeal surgery and autotransplantation.
abstract: Two patients with large calculi in solitary kidneys, treated by ex vivo stone extraction and autotransplantation, are presented. The results show this to be a valuable therapeutic modality for difficult renal calculi where an in situ approach would be hazardous.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010477:Perfusion; D011859:Radiography; D012092:Replantation; D013997:Time Factors