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Orthotopic Rat Kidney Transplantation: A Novel and Simplified Surgical Approach
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Transplantation of cadaver kidneys from a donor with crossed nonfused renal ectopia
1Division of Urology, UCLA Medical Center.
The Journal of Urology
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
Crossed nonfused renal ectopia is a rare congenital renal anomaly. Two kidneys were recovered from a 45-year-old cadaver donor with this anomaly and transplanted successfully. Complex renal anomalies should not prevent the use of such kidneys in cadaver renal transplantation.
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