Extracorporeal Renal Surgery and Autotransplantation [Paperback]

With contributions by D. Albrechtsen, O.H. Bentdal, H. Bondevik, I.B. Brekke, P. Fauchald, J.G. Fjeld, A. Flatmark, A. Foss, A. Hartmann, H. Holdaas, R. Innes, A. Jakobsen, N.E. Klow, B. Lien, O. Oyen, P.F. Pfeffer, K. Rootwelt, G. Sodal and K. VatneEffects of Renovascular Disease and Autotransplantation on Blood Pressure and Renal Function.- Radiological Investigation and Interventional Procedures in Patients with Renal Artery Disease.- Renal Radionuclide Studies.- Nephrectomy and Extracorporeal Renal Preservation: Technical Details.- Renal Autotransplantation: Indications, Basic Surgical Techniques, and Complications.- Renal Artery Atherosclerosis.- The Role of Bench Surgery in the Treatment of Renal Artery Stenoses and Aneurysms Caused by Fibromuscular Dysplasia.- Complicated Renal Calculous Disease Treated by Extracorporeal Surgery and Autotransplantation.- Ex Vivo Renal Resection and Autotransplantation for Renal and Urothelial Carcinoma.- Simultaneous Aortic Reconstruction and Renal Autotransplantation.- Management of Ureteral Defects by Renal Autotransplantation.The subject of this book is salvage of kidney function in patients with various surgically correctable disorders affecting one or both kidneys. Preoperative work-up, and surgical and postoperative management are described in detail. The focus is on methods of bench surgery and subsequent autotransplantation of the kidney(s) along with the applicability and excellent results of these procedures. The various techniques are well illustrated by drawings and X-rays. Physicians of the various disciplines will learn that renal autotransplantation might be considered in patients suffering from renovascular hypertension, renal cancer, and complicated urinary calculous disease, or other complex renal/ureteral disorders: for example, extracorporeal surgery and autotransplantation offers optimal conditions for renovascular reconstruction. The technique provides excellent long-term results in thlãâ