Yagisawa T, Yaguchi H, Iijima Y, Watanabe M, Tomaru M, Nakada T
Department of Urology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Urol Int. 1995;55(1):46-50. doi: 10.1159/000282749.
Occlusion of the abdominal aorta represents the end stage of an atherosclerotic process and often is associated with stenosis of renal artery inducing renal failure and hypertension. Surgical and medical treatments are indicated to preserve and restore renal function in patients with these conditions. We report herein the first successful renal autotransplantation combined with aortic replacement by Y prosthesis in a patient with complete occlusion of abdominal aorta and bilateral renal arteries, resulting in limb-threatening ischemia and progressive renal failure.
