R. Hitchcock et al., RENAL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION - A KIDNEY SAVING PROCEDURE BEFORE SPINAL RADIOTHERAPY, Pediatric hematology and oncology, 10(4), 1993, pp. 333-335
Renal damage is a well-known consequence of radiation therapy to adjac
ent tumors. We describe a child requiring spinal irradiation in whom a
utotransplantation of a kidney to a site outside the radiation field w
as performed and the renal function preserved.