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  • Title: [The treatment of retroperitoneal fibrosis. Report of personal experience with 17 cases].
    Author: Vanherpe H, von Waldthausen W, Roggenbuck R, Nagel R.
    Journal: Helv Chir Acta; 1990 Nov; 57(3):455-7. PubMed ID: 2269631.
    Abstract:
    Between 1974 and 1988 17 patients with retroperitoneal fibrosis were seen in our hospital. 9 patients received medical and surgical treatment: first ureterolysis with intraperitoneal displacement following an immunosuppressive therapy. 6 patients received only immunosuppressive therapy. 1 patient only received surgical treatment. 1 patient showed spontaneous remission. The results of our study confirm that the combined surgical and medical treatment is a good therapy of retroperitoneal fibrosis. An effective treatment with immunosuppressive drug therapy alone is possible in well-chosen patients.
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