RENAL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION AFTER HORSESHOE KIDNEY INJURY - A CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW

We present a patient with lap seatbelt trauma to a previously unsuspec ted horseshoe kidney, Preoperative single film intravenous pyelography did not suggest the presence of this renal anomaly or define the exte nt of renal injury, Because of the severity of the injury, nephrectomy was life-saving, but inadvertently rendered the patient anephric, Rec ognition of horseshoe kidney anatomy, microvascular back-bench reconst ruction, and renal autotransplantation allowed the salvage of both the patient and her renal function.