High Position of the Third Renal Transplant and Alternative Urinary Tract Reconstruction in a Complicated Case

Exp Clin Transplant. 2019 Aug;17(4):546-549. doi: 10.6002/ect.2016.0265. Epub 2017 Jul 11.

Abstract

The decision-making process for treatment of patients with end-stage renal failure, multiple failed renal transplants, and severe comorbidities can be exceedingly difficult due to the inapplicability of many common surgery methods. In this article, we report the treatment of such a patient who underwent a third renal transplant and subsequently developed a ureteral stenosis. The third kidney had been transplanted with a high abdominal position and a partially intra- and retroperitoneally placed ureter due to a bilaterally obtained iliac fossa and severe abdominal adhesions. For the severe ureteric stenosis, an alternative urinary tract reconstruction was developed by making use of the native ureter contralateral to the graft by tunneling under the sigmoid. We recommend this surgical method as a valid alternative for patients with severe ureteric graft stenosis, when treatment with stenting and common surgical ureter reconstruction methods are not feasible.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery*
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures*
  • Reoperation
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Failure
  • Ureter / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureter / surgery*
  • Ureteral Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureteral Obstruction / etiology
  • Ureteral Obstruction / surgery*
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures*
  • Young Adult