Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 57. No. 4., 2018.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.04.12
Radiological Imaging in Renal Transplantation
Ivica Sjekavica
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine
Luka Novosel
orcid.org/0000-0001-7515-9110
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Melita Rupčić
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Ranko Smiljanić
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Miroslav Muršić
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Vlatko Duspara
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Mario Lušić
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Dražen Perkov
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Maja Hrabak-Paar
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine
Martina Zidanić
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Mateja Skender
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Radiological diagnostic methods have a significant role in the preoperative and postoperative care of patients after kidney transplantation. Improvement and innovations in technology, but also the growing experience of the radiologists who deal with kidney transplant patients as part of the transplant team lead to earlier detection of complications in the postoperative period, which are the leading cause of transplant failure. In this article, we describe, through diagnostic imaging examples, detailed evaluation of all possible complications that can occur after kidney transplantation, with evaluation of different possible diagnostic methods that can be used in the preoperative assessment and postoperative follow up and care of the transplanted patient. The goal of this article is to demonstrate and summarize in detail the possible complications of renal transplantation and how to best diagnostically approach them, with special reference to ultrasound which is the main imaging method for this group of conditions.
Keywords
Kidney transplantation; Radiology; Postoperative complications; Radiography; Postoperative care
Hrčak ID:
217828
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Publication date:
1.12.2018.
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