title: Acute renal failure due to bilateral ureteric necrosis following percutaneous chemical lumbar sympathectomy.
abstract: We report a case of acute renal failure as a result of obstructive uropathy as a consequence of instillation of phenol used for chemical sympathectomy in Beurger's disease of the lower limbs. Extensive bilateral ureteral necrosis occurred as a result of phenol instillation that. Such practices are still common among the general surgeons and such a complication has not been described before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Kidney Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ranjan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chipde