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Postrenal acute renal failure during pregnancy 20 years after antireflux surgery

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We report that a 27-year-old woman withbilateral severe hydronephorosis duringpregnancy 20 years after antireflux surgery. The patient developed postrenal acute renalfailure due to obstruction of the lower ureter. This patient could safely give birth afterbilateral percutaneous nephrostomy throughjoint management with the obstetrics andgynecology staff. We describe that stenosis ofthe lower ureter is a late complication ofantireflux surgery.

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  1. S. Matsumoto, Y. Hatanaka & T. Hanai

    Present address: Department of Urology, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2, Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan

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  1. Department of Urology, Sakai Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine, Sakai, Japan;

    S. Matsumoto, Y. Hatanaka, T. Hanai, E. Konya, T. Nishioka & T. Akiyama

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Matsumoto, S., Hatanaka, Y., Hanai, T. et al. Postrenal acute renal failure during pregnancy 20 years after antireflux surgery. Int Urol Nephrol 35, 449–450 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000025614.27406.1c

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