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A rare case of a postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula involving the major renal vessels is presented herein. This type of postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula is very unusual; in fact, since first documented in 1934, only 65 cases have been reported in the world literature, including 2 cases from Japan. Even though postoperative arteriovenous fistulae are rare, one should bear this complication in mind when unknown causes of bruit or heart failure develop following surgery.
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Shida, T., Gan, K., Shio, K. et al. A case of postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 19, 738–739 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471725
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471725