Safety and effectiveness of percutaneous embolization for late failed renal allograft in patients with graft intolerance syndrome / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
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(6): 76-79, 2011.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-341455
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the clinical safety and effectiveness of percutaneous embolization in treating the late failed renal allograft in patients with graft intolerance syndrome (GIS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Transcatheter embolization of renal graft artery was performed in 18 patients with late graft dysfunction and GIS. The subsequent complications, postoperative symptom remission rate, and prognosis were assessed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>GIS was relieved in 15 patients (83.3%), of which 6 patients (33.3%) had severer fever and pain in the area of renal graft after embolization, which lasted for a mean of 3.5 days (range 2-5 days). GIS persisted for more than 2 weeks in 3 patients (16.7%), who ultimately underwent surgical removal of grafts. No severe embolism-associated complications were noted.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Percutaneous embolization can effectively avoid surgical graft removal in patients with late renal allograft failure, and therefore can be used as a safe and effective treatment for the late failed renal allograft combined with GIS.</p>
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Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Therapeutics
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Transplantation, Homologous
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Kidney Transplantation
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Treatment Outcome
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Embolization, Therapeutic
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Renal Insufficiency
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Graft Rejection
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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