title: Renal autotransplantation--a kidney saving procedure before spinal radiotherapy.
abstract: Renal damage is a well-known consequence of radiation therapy to adjacent tumors. We describe a child requiring spinal irradiation in whom autotransplantation of a kidney to a site outside the radiation field was performed and the renal function preserved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, St. Georges Hospital, Tooting, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kohler
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Malone
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic