Surgical treatment of patients with horseshoe kidney.
The horseshoe kidney creates conditions for urine stasis, infection and lithiasis, which facilitate lesion of renal parenchyma. The operative treatment of horseshoe kidney should aim at saving both parts of the kidney. In patients with horseshoe kidney conservative-plastic surgeries are to be recommended, and performed, if possible, to create conditions for good urine outflow from the kidney.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy