Transplantation of a horseshoe kidney.
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چکیده
Experience with horseshoe kidney transplantation is limited. Horseshoe kidney may be underutilized for transplantation because of the greater incidence of vascular and other associated urological anomalies. Nowadays, owing to a greater number of patients waiting for a kidney donation and to a shortage of organs donated, more suitable organ acceptance criteria have been formulated. The aim of this paper is to present the first Iranian experience with horseshoe kidney transplantation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of Iranian medicine
دوره 10 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007