Abnormal renal mobility--an indication for surgical intervention.
Movable kidney is a debated entity and therefore not diagnosed in many cases. According to our experience the diagnosis should be made much more frequent in patients who suffer from loin and/or abdominal pain which is relieved by recumbent position. Twenty-nine cases of patients who suffered from loin and/or abdominal pain and were diagnosed as suffering from abnormal renal mobility by medical history, intravenous pyelogram, angiography and dynamic scanning were operated upon with a reported high rate of relief of pain (87%; 25/29). The technique employed was the modified Deming operation.
Glikman
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Department of Urology, Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba, Israel.
Glicksman
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Pevsner
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Levin
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D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011187:Posture; D014567:Urography