title: Retroperitoneal compartment syndrome after renal transplantation.
abstract: We report the case of a 21-year-old man with end-stage renal disease secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus who underwent living related renal transplantation and developed an extraperitoneal compartment syndrome postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Koss
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum; D011183:Postoperative Complications