Renal artery reconstruction in transplant kidney. Case report.

A 30 years old female patient, to whom a cadaveric kidney transplantation was performed 7 years earlier, presented severe hypertension attacks for 2 years. Renal artery stenosis diagnosed by angiography, PTA could not be performed. She underwent an operation for surgical correction of stenosis and successful internal iliac renal artery anastomosis performed by saphenous vein interposition. The patient was discharged at the fourteenth postoperative day with excellent kidney function and stable blood pressure.