AJR 2003; 180:759-763
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Early Posttransplantation Renal Allograft Perfusion Failure Due to Dissection: Diagnosis and Interventional Treatment
Masahide Takahashi1,2,
Ulrich Humke3,
Matthias Girndt4,
Bernhard Kramann1 and
Michael Uder1
1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The Saarland University Hospital,
Kirrberger Str. 1, D-66421 Homburg (Saar), Germany.
2 Present address: Department of Radiology, Tsukuba-Gakuen Hospital, 2573-1
Kamiyokoba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0854, Japan.
3 Department of Urology, Julius-Maximilians University, Josef-Schneider Str. 2,
D-97080 Wuerzburg, Germany.
4 Department of Nephrology, The Saarland University Hospital, D-66421 Homburg
(Saar), Germany.
OBJECTIVE. The aim of our study was to describe the role of
interventional radiology, especially in the use of vascular stents, in early
renal perfusion failure after transplantation.
CONCLUSION. Angiography revealed intimal dissection of the graft
artery and graft venous thrombosis, which were successfully treated with stent
angioplasty and thromboaspiration. For early vascular complication after
transplantation, timely use of angiography and subsequent intervention should
be recognized as potentially effective and safe treatment techniques.

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