title: [Surgical treatment of congenital horseshoe kidney. Report of 21 cases].
abstract: From 1984 to 1989, we treated surgically 21 patients with horseshoe kidney. Clinically, urinary tract calculi was a common problem. In this group, 14 patients were complicated by urinary tract calculi. Diagnosis of horseshoe kidney was established roentgenographically in most cases. Twenty-one patients underwent 25 operative procedures for removal of the urinary tract stone and division of the isthmus. Eight operations were performed by classical extraperitoneal horizontal flank incision and 17 were done transperitoneally. We consider that the latter is more superior than the former.
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu.
authors.forename: Z F
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery