Clinical indications, recipient evaluation, surgical considerations, and the role of CT and MR in renal transplantation.
Although the clinical indications and basic surgical techniques have not changed significantly in recent years, overall rates of patient and graft survival have shown steady improvement. This is because of newer, more effective immunosuppression regimens. Radiologists play a vital role in the detection and diagnosis of various postoperative complications after renal transplantation. CT is ideally suited for the evaluation of patients in whom abscess or malignancy is suspected.
Oliver
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Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA.
D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed