Renal autotransplantation for idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.
Extensive loss of the ureter is a potential complication of surgery performed to relieve ureteral obstruction caused by retroperitoneal fibrosis. The authors describe the twelfth case managed successfully by renal auto-transplantation and review the literature.
Department of Urology, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany.
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Oesterwitz
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Lenk
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Hengst
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Althaus
D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology