Aortic Stent-Graft Explantation in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

• Published in: Annals of vascular surgery Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 535.e21 - 535.e26
• Main Authors: Hughes, John D, Leon, Luis R, Goshima, Kaoru R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.07.2009
• Subjects: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - physiopathology; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery; Aortography - methods; Blood Vessel Prosthesis; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation - instrumentation; Device Removal; Embolization, Therapeutic; Humans; Kidney Transplantation; Male; Middle Aged; Oxygenators; Perfusion - instrumentation; Prosthesis Design; Prosthesis Failure; Renal Circulation; Reoperation; Stents; Surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Transplantation, Homologous; Treatment Failure

AAA repair in renal transplant recipients has generated a variety of methods of managing the allograft. Endovascular techniques have been successfully employed in this patient population. Due to inherent limitations of present endovascular methods, occasional stent-graft excision must be performed....