Scand J Urol Nephrol
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Scand J Urol Nephrol · Jan 1979
Case ReportsExtracorporeal surgery and autotransplantation for carcinoma of the pelvis and ureter.
Multiple transitional cell tumours of the renal pelvis and proximal ureter of a solitary kidney were successfully managed by total ureterectomy, extracorporeal subtotal resection of the renal pelvis, autotransplantation, and calicovesicostomy. The method permits resection of a maximum of the uroepithelium of the upper urinary tract at the same time as it preserves available renal parenchyma. It also implies a new and exciting approach to the renal pelvis for endoscopic postoperative control and local treatment of the malignancy.