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  • Title: Radiolucent urinary calculus in a transplant patient: an unsuspected cause of ureteropelvic obstruction.
    Author: McLoughlin MG.
    Journal: Can J Surg; 1977 Mar; 20(2):172-3, 176. PubMed ID: 321109.
    Abstract:
    The occurrence of nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis in the patient who has undergone a renal transplant is rare and is usually related to parathyroid hypersecretion. A case is presented in which the patient had a radiolucent stone that arose as a result of the use of nonabsorbable sutures. It is clear that nonabsorbable sutures. It is clear that nonabsorbable sutures should be avoided in renal allotransplant recipients.
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