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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 15
| Issue : 4 | Page : 145-147 |
Lumbotomy for multicystic dysplastic kidney: A trap for the unwary
Anindya Chattopadhyay, Biswanath Mukhopadhyay, Soumen K Mitra
Department of Pediatric Surgery, NRS Medical College and Hospital and Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Anindya Chattopadhyay
4B/16, Anupama Housing Complex, VIP Road, Kolkata - 700 052, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.72441
This is a report of a case of multicystic dysplastic half of a horseshoe kidney (HSK) at surgery for multicystic kidney. During the surgery, through a lumbotomy approach, there was inadvertent injury to a lower polar artery and the pelvis of the normal contralateral half of the HSK, leading to a stormy postoperative course. This report emphasizes the need for accurate preoperative diagnosis before embarking on a lumbotomy, and also reviews the entity of multicystic dysplasia in one half of a HSK.
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