The authors, almost all of them are transplant surgeons at one of Europe's larger centers for organ transplantation, Rikshospital in Oslo, give detailed informations out of their daily work. 100 instructive figures and schemes illustrate the described surgery techniques. A renal bench surgery and autotransplantation theory.

1 Effects of Renovascular Disease and Autotransplantation on Blood Pressure and Renal Function

1.1 Renovascular Disease
1.2 Effects of Renal Autotransplantation on Overall Renal Function
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2 Radiological Investigation and Interventional Procedures in Patients with Renal Artery Disease
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Screening Methods
2.3 Preoperative Investigation
2.4 Postoperative Investigations
2.5 Percutaneous Transluminal Renal Angioplasty
2.6 Conclusions
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3 Renal Radionuclide Studies
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Basic Principles for Quantitative Evaluation
3.3 Clinical Procedures: Methodology
3.4 Selected Procedures in Preoperative Work-up
3.5 Autotransplant Follow-up
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4 Nephrectomy and Extracorporeal Renal Preservation: Technical Details
4.1 Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation
4.2 Anatomical Considerations
4.3 Nephrectomy: Technical Details
4.4 Extracorporeal Renal Preservation
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5 Renal Autotransplantation: Indications, Basic Surgical Techniques, and Complications
5.1 Introduction and Historical Background
5.2 Indications
5.3 Basic Surgical Techniques
5.3.2 Kidney Replantation
5.4. Complications
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6 Renal Artery Atherosclerosis
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Disease: The Natural Story
6.3 Management of Blood Pressure in Atherosclerotic RVH
6.4 Percutaneous Transluminal Renal Angioplasty vs Surgery
6.5 Surgical Management of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Disease
6.6 Renal Autotransplantation in Atherosclerotic Renal Disease
6.7 Summary
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7 The Role of Bench Surgery in the Treatment of Renal Artery Stenoses and Aneurysms Caused by Fibromuscular Dysplasia
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Diagnosis
7.3 Indications for Surgery
7.4 Choice of Surgical Technique
7.5 Extracorporeal Renal Artery Reconstruction
7.6 Renal Reimplantation and Postoperative Control
7.7 Results
7.8 Conclusion
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8 Complicated Renal Calculous Disease Treated by Extracorporeal Surgery and Autotransplantation
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Indications for Extracorporeal Surgery
8.3 Preoperative Examination and Evaluation
8.4 Surgical Procedures
8.5 Postoperative Follow up
8.6 Results
8.7 Summary
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9 Ex Vivo Renal Resection and Autotransplantation for Renal and Urothelial Carcinoma
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Indications for Extracorporeal Surgery
9.3 Surgical Technique
9.4 Postoperative Follow-Up
9.5 Own Experience
9.6 Results
9.7 Discussion
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10 Simultaneous Aortic Reconstruction and Renal Autotransplantation
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Prevalence of Aortorenal Disease
10.3 Indications for a Combined Procedure
10.4 Preoperative Assessment
10.5 Surgery
10.6 Postoperative Care and Evaluation
10.7 Results
10.8 Summary
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11 Management of Ureteral Defects by Renal Autotransplantation
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Alternative Surgical Techniques
11.3 Own Experience
11.4 Results
11.5 Summary
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