A double challenge transplant-horseshoe kidney meets obesity. First case of horseshoe kidney transplantation after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2014 Nov-Dec;10(6):e89-91. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.02.018. Epub 2014 Feb 25.

Authors

Katrin Kienzl-Wagner¹, Johann Pratschke², Robert Ollinger¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria.
² Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25012777
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.02.018

No abstract available

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Horseshoe kidney; Kidney transplantation; Obesity; Sleeve gastrectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Female
Gastrectomy / methods*
Humans
Kidney / abnormalities
Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery*
Kidney Transplantation*
Middle Aged
Obesity, Morbid / surgery*