Terminal loop cutaneous ureterostomy in renal transplantation.
Patients presenting for renal transplantation with urinary diversion abnormalities pose serious problems. The use of a terminal loop cutaneous ureterostomy (TLCU) in patients whose outcome was satisfactory was first described in 1977. Primary urinary drainage was achieved in 3 recipients of cadaver renal allografts by creating a TLCU. This method of drainage has been satisfactory in these patients with follow-up between four and thirty months. We suggest that this simple technique should be considered more frequently for selected patients who require supravesical urinary diversion.
Tsai
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Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Wong
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Smith
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Diciommo
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Ludwin
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D014519:Ureterostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*