Hand-assisted bilateral nephrectomy in a patient with adult polycystic kidney disease

CONTEXT: Dominantly autosomal polycystic disease is characterized by multiple bilateral and non-functional cysts, which lead to progressive kidney failure. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to report on a case of hand-assisted bilateral nephrectomy in a 28-year-old female patient with adult polycystic di...

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Main Authors: Marcello Alves Pinto, Roberto Vaz Juliano, Marcos Tobias-Machado, Milton Borrelli, Eric Roger Wroclawski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802002000600007&lng=en&tlng=en