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POSTPARTUM RUPTURE OF A RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM TO A SOLITARY KIDNEY
Author(s) -
Smith Julian A.,
Macleish D. G.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1985.tb00089.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , kidney , renal artery , radiology , surgery
We present the case of the first known survivor of postpartum rupture of a renal artery aneurysm where the contralateral kidney was congenitally absent. An important surgical principle, that of establishing the presence of one kidney before removing the other, is illustrated.