A CASE REPORT OF AUTOTRANSPLANTATION OF THE KIDNEY FOR THE LOWER URETERAL STRICTURE

Abstract

Autotransplantation of the kidney has been used as a successful method of treatment for ureteral injury, renovascular hypertention, ex vivo operation such as an excision of renal and pelvic tumors and others.
In the present report a patient with the extensive right lower ureteral stenosis due to chronic infection was successfully treated by renal autotransplantation. The right kidney was removed and this kidney was reimplanted into the right iliac fossa. The operative and postoperative periods were uneventful and the transplanted kidney has regained a good function.
We believe that the renal autotransplantation is a treatment of choice to be used more frequently for ureteral lesions.