Introduction: Anastomotic pseudoaneurysm following renal transplantation is uncommon. Indications for repair, treatment options and outcomes remain controversial. Report: We present 6 renal transplant recipients with large anastomotic pseudoaneurysms. Five of the patients underwent open repair while one had a stent-grafting and delayed transplant nephrectomy for a ruptured pseudoaneurysm. A transplant nephrectomy was needed in all cases but one. Arterial reconstruction enabled limb salvage in all cases. One patient died of sepsis postoperatively. No patient presented late infection, failure of vascular reconstruction, nor pseudoaneurysm recurrence. Conclusions: Surgical excision of anastomotic pseudoaneurysms results in high rates of allograft loss. Less invasive techniques have a place in selected cases.

Bracale, U.M., Santangelo, M., Carbone, F., del Guercio, L., Maurea, S., Porcellini, M., et al. (2010). Anastomotic pseudoaneurysm complicating renal transplantation: treatment options. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2010-05, 565-568 [10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.12.010].

Anastomotic pseudoaneurysm complicating renal transplantation: treatment options

BRACALE, Umberto Marcello;
2010-01-01

Abstract

Introduction: Anastomotic pseudoaneurysm following renal transplantation is uncommon. Indications for repair, treatment options and outcomes remain controversial. Report: We present 6 renal transplant recipients with large anastomotic pseudoaneurysms. Five of the patients underwent open repair while one had a stent-grafting and delayed transplant nephrectomy for a ruptured pseudoaneurysm. A transplant nephrectomy was needed in all cases but one. Arterial reconstruction enabled limb salvage in all cases. One patient died of sepsis postoperatively. No patient presented late infection, failure of vascular reconstruction, nor pseudoaneurysm recurrence. Conclusions: Surgical excision of anastomotic pseudoaneurysms results in high rates of allograft loss. Less invasive techniques have a place in selected cases.
2010
Bracale, U.M., Santangelo, M., Carbone, F., del Guercio, L., Maurea, S., Porcellini, M., et al. (2010). Anastomotic pseudoaneurysm complicating renal transplantation: treatment options. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2010-05, 565-568 [10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.12.010].
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