OBJECTIVE: To review the authors' experience with ABO-matched, preserved, cadaveric, iliac artery grafts for treatment of transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: TRAS is an important and treatable cause of hypertension and graft dysfunction in renal allograft recipients. Surgical treatment is reserved for lesions that are not amenable to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) or for recurrence after PTA. Various surgical options for reconstruction of the transplant renal artery exist, although no single technique has been demonstrated to be superior. The authors have used preserved, blood type-matched, iliac artery grafts procured from cadaver organ donors to reconstruct transplant renal arteries in patients with specific lesions and following unsuccessful PTAs. METHODS: Between 1991 and 2001, 21 patients underwent reconstruction of allograft renal arteries using cadaveric iliac artery as conduit. Charts, operative notes, and imaging studies of all patients were reviewed. A successful intervention for TRAS was defined as technical success as well as a decrease in serum creatinine and/or blood pressure 6 weeks after the procedure. Development of a hemodynamically significant lesion following renal artery reconstruction was considered a recurrence. RESULTS: In patients treated with surgical reconstruction, hemodynamically significant TRAS occurred at or within 1 to 2 mm of the anastomosis in 13 patients, in the middle of the renal artery in 4, and secondary to a kink in 2 patients. Surgical treatment was undertaken in seven patients following unsuccessful PTA. Two patients had aneurysms of the iliac artery. Reconstruction using cadaveric iliac artery was successful in 19 of 21 (90%) patients, and only 1 these patients (4.8%) failed due to recurrence, with a median follow-up of 42 months. Graft loss secondary to TRAS occurred in two patients. The authors have not seen any long-term complications related to cadaveric iliac artery grafts, and the majority of the allografts continue to function well. CONCLUSIONS: Surgical reconstruction of the transplant renal artery with blood type-matched iliac artery grafts should be considered a viable option for patients with specific anatomic lesions, those who have had an unsuccessful PTA, and those with recurrence following PTA.
OBJECTIVE: To review the authors' experience with ABO-matched, preserved, cadaveric, iliac artery grafts for treatment of transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: TRAS is an important and treatable cause of hypertension and graft dysfunction in renal allograft recipients. Surgical treatment is reserved for lesions that are not amenable to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) or for recurrence after PTA. Various surgical options for reconstruction of the transplant renal artery exist, although no single technique has been demonstrated to be superior. The authors have used preserved, blood type-matched, iliac artery grafts procured from cadaver organ donors to reconstruct transplant renal arteries in patients with specific lesions and following unsuccessful PTAs. METHODS: Between 1991 and 2001, 21 patients underwent reconstruction of allograft renal arteries using cadaveric iliac artery as conduit. Charts, operative notes, and imaging studies of all patients were reviewed. A successful intervention for TRAS was defined as technical success as well as a decrease in serum creatinine and/or blood pressure 6 weeks after the procedure. Development of a hemodynamically significant lesion following renal artery reconstruction was considered a recurrence. RESULTS: In patients treated with surgical reconstruction, hemodynamically significant TRAS occurred at or within 1 to 2 mm of the anastomosis in 13 patients, in the middle of the renal artery in 4, and secondary to a kink in 2 patients. Surgical treatment was undertaken in seven patients following unsuccessful PTA. Two patients had aneurysms of the iliac artery. Reconstruction using cadaveric iliac artery was successful in 19 of 21 (90%) patients, and only 1 these patients (4.8%) failed due to recurrence, with a median follow-up of 42 months. Graft loss secondary to TRAS occurred in two patients. The authors have not seen any long-term complications related to cadaveric iliac artery grafts, and the majority of the allografts continue to function well. CONCLUSIONS: Surgical reconstruction of the transplant renal artery with blood type-matched iliac artery grafts should be considered a viable option for patients with specific anatomic lesions, those who have had an unsuccessful PTA, and those with recurrence following PTA.
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