https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2021.4.497

Comment on renal autotransplantation: A final option to preserve the kidney after an iatrogenic ureteral injury

Vol. 93 No. 4 (2021)
Submitted: May 26, 2021
Accepted: July 12, 2021
Published: December 22, 2021
Letter, renal autotransplantation
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Authors

Christos Damaskos
x_damaskos@yahoo.gr
Renal Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital, Athens; N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos Garmpis
N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos Nikolettos
Obstetric and Gynecologic Clinic, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Alexandros Patsouras
N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios Schizas
First Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Anna Garmpi
First Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Vasiliki E. Georgakopoulou
Department of Pulmonology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Athanasios Syllaios
First Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios Dimitroulis
Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

To the Editor,
Autologous Renal Transplantation (ART) since firstly described in 1963 by Hardy, has been used in various cases. There are various reasons for the transplantation such as iatrogenic ureteral damage, chronic kidney pain, unresectable renal tumors or renovascular diseases. Indications concerning the suitable patients for this kind of procedure are gradually increasing. Nevertheless, each case is unique, and the treatment must be personalized [...].

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Damaskos, C., Garmpis, N. ., Nikolettos, K. ., Patsouras, A. ., Schizas, D. ., Garmpi, A. ., Georgakopoulou, V. E. ., Syllaios, A. ., & Dimitroulis, D. . (2021). Comment on renal autotransplantation: A final option to preserve the kidney after an iatrogenic ureteral injury. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 93(4), 497–498. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2021.4.497

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