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[Bilateral nephrectomy--a life-saving procedure].

J Schraml·J Knespl·R Splechtna
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Authors report a rare case of complications that occurred after an invasive urodynamic examination. In order to save the life of a patient with a bilateral acute abscessing pyelonefritidis due to pseudomonad uroseption and accompanied by a shock status with multi-organ failure it was necessary to perform the complete bilateral nefrectomy. After removing of the infection zone, i.e. -both kidneys, -the status of the patient dramatically improved. The patient survived and is taking part in dialysis-transplantation programme.

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J Schraml, J Knespl, R Splechtna. 1997. [Bilateral nephrectomy--a life-saving procedure].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9182344/

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