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Congenital or acquired dysfunction of the lower urinary tract may result in renal failure. In this group of patients urinary diversion or lower urinary tract reconstruction is mandatory prior to renal transplantation. Avoiding creation of an external stoma offers far more better quality of life to these unfortunate patients.
We present three patients in end-stage renal disease. Two of them presented with dysfunction of the lower urinary tract and the third with absence of the bladder. Reconstruction or substitution of their bladders has been performed prior to kidney transplantation. In one patient an artificial urinary sphincter was implanted simultaneously in order to achieve continence, while all the patients have to empty their neobladders or augmented bladders by clean intermittent self-catheterization.
In conclusion, dysfunction or absence of the lower urinary tract does not preclude renal transplantation and however abnormal the urinary tract, transplantation can still be performed if low-pressure, high-compliance reservoir can be achieved by means of augmentation or substitution cystoplasty.
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Theodorou, C., Kostakis, A., Bokos, J. et al. Lower urinary tract reconstruction in association with renal transplantation. International Urology and Nephrology 29, 695–699 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552188
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