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A Stormy Transplant Case with Happy Ending

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A 12-year-old female patient with end-stage renal failure whose primary disease was reflux nephropathy, was first admitted for augmentation cystoplasty by using an ileum segment because of contracted urinary bladder. Four months later, she had a renal transplantation from her father on March 28th 1997. The first three days after the operation were uneventful. On the fourth day, she presented a severe rejection episode and was treated with steroid and ATG. A urinary fistula developed and she underwent surgery again on the 14th postoperative day. At surgery, apical resection + omentoplasty + nephrostomy + DJ replacement were performed.

The postoperative period after the second operation was full of problems for both the patient and the transplantation team. She was discharged from hospital on the 40th postoperative day with excellent renal function (a serum creatinine level of 1 mg/dl) and with full recovery.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Ş. Sert & A. Dalgiç

  2. Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    N. Akkök, N. Buyan, O. Söylemezoğlu & E. Hasanoğlu

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Sert, Ş., Dalgiç, A., Akkök, N. et al. A Stormy Transplant Case with Happy Ending. Int Urol Nephrol 31, 119–123 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007192327717

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