Gerota's Fascia

Gerota's fascia sorrounds kidney with it's fat case. It has two (connected) parts:
 * fascia prerenalis – localized before the kidney,
 * fascia retrorenalis – localized behind the kidney.

All the described structures lie in the retroperitoneal space.

Clinical significance of the Gerota's fascia is:
 * fixation of the kidney in retroperitoneal space,
 * significance in TNM classification of renal cell carcinoma.

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