Acute renal failure due to rhabdomyolysis associated with radical perineal prostatectomy.

Orihuela, E; Nazemi, T; Shu, T · Eur Urol · 2001

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a case of acute renal failure due rhabdomyolysis as a result of the exaggerated lithotomy position during radical perineal prostatectomy. The pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, and preventive measures of acute renal failure associated with rhabdomyolysis are also reviewed.

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