Renal rupture after transplantation |
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Authors: | Paul J Van Cangh Richard M Ehrlich Robert B Smith |
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Institution: | 1. From the Department of Surgery/Urology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA;2. Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Abstract: | Nine instances of spontaneous allograft rupture have been identified in a series of 325 renal transplantations. Repair of the graft was accomplished in 4 cases. One graft functioned for five and one-half years, one kidney was removed immediately because of uncontrolled hemorrhage, and two grafts were subsequently removed because of rejection. Immediate nephrectomy was performed in 5 cases of irreversible rejection. The duration of ischemia and method of preservation appeared to have no etiologic importance. Evidence of severe acute rejection was present in all 9 cases. The recent increase in graft rupture parallels the increasing frequency of severe early acute rejection reactions. |
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