There has been a
significant increase in the number of patients with Prostate Adenocarcinoma
(PCa) over the last decade, leading to a substantial rise of pre-transplant
patients with a history of cured PCa.
Currently,
Radical Prostatectomy (RP) and brachytherapy using isotope seeds are good
alternatives for treatment of localized low risk PCa. In this case, we performed
a cadaveric renal transplantation for a patient who 7 years previously
underwent radioactive seed implantation therapy for low risk PCa, as defined by
the D’Amico classification system.
The patient was a
66-year-old man with a history of hemodialysis for 24 years. Although radiation
therapy can cause unfavorable inflammatory changes such as adhesions, we did
not encounter any intraoperative difficulty, and the postoperative course has
been uneventful and serum prostate specific antigen has remained undetectable
even about 2 years after the transplant
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