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Murine Renal Transplantation Procedure
Published on: July 10, 2009
Third Renal Transplant in a Patient With Prune Belly Syndrome
Peter Drevets1, Hossam Alslaim1, Irfan Saeed2
1General Surgery, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA.
Abstract:
Kidneys are the most frequently transplanted organ in the United States. An infrequently encountered cause of end-stage renal disease requiring permanent dialysis is prune belly syndrome. Prune belly syndrome is mostly seen in males and over a third of patients require permanent dialysis. Due to defects in abdominal wall musculature, transplantation in these patients is technically challenging. We present a novel case of a third renal transplant in a patient with prune belly syndrome with two previous failed transplants.
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