Early detection of obstructed ureter by ultrasound following renal transplantation.
Serial ultrasound examinations were carried out following 144 renal transplants. Eleven patients (8%) required surgery for ureteric obstruction and in all cases the ultrasound correctly identified the obstruction at an early stage. One false positive result was obtained with the ultrasound and this compared favourably with both the intravenous urogram (IVU) and isotope renogram. There were false positive and false negative results with both the IVU and renogram in addition to which neither of these techniques, particularly the IVU, is as simple or atraumatic for the patient as the ultrasound. Serial ultrasound examinations have a useful role in the detection of ureteric obstruction as well as being of value in the detection of perinephric fluid collections and acute rejection.
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*