TY - JOUR
T1 - Renal autotransplantation after horseshoe kidney injury
T2 - A case report and literature review
AU - Murphy, Joseph T.
AU - Borman, Karen R.
AU - Dawidson, Ingemar
PY - 1996/5/1
Y1 - 1996/5/1
N2 - We present a patient with lap seatbelt trauma to a previously unsuspected horseshoe kidney. Preoperative single film intravenous pyelography did not suggest the presence of this renal anomaly or define the extent of renal injury. Because of the severity of the injury, nephrectomy was life-saving, but inadvertently rendered the patient anephric. Recognition of horseshoe kidney anatomy, microvascular back-bench reconstruction, and renal autotransplantation allowed the salvage of both the patient and her renal function.
AB - We present a patient with lap seatbelt trauma to a previously unsuspected horseshoe kidney. Preoperative single film intravenous pyelography did not suggest the presence of this renal anomaly or define the extent of renal injury. Because of the severity of the injury, nephrectomy was life-saving, but inadvertently rendered the patient anephric. Recognition of horseshoe kidney anatomy, microvascular back-bench reconstruction, and renal autotransplantation allowed the salvage of both the patient and her renal function.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005373-199605000-00031
DO - 10.1097/00005373-199605000-00031
M3 - Article
C2 - 8614094
AN - SCOPUS:0029882069
SN - 1079-6061
VL - 40
SP - 840
EP - 844
JO - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
JF - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
IS - 5
ER -