title: Renal transplant dysfunction due to severe aorto-iliac atherosclerosis in the presence of patent renal transplant artery.
abstract: We report a case of progressive deterioration in renal function and decreased renal graft perfusion induced by extensive aorto-iliac atherosclerotic lesions proximal to a patent renal graft artery. Significant improvement in kidney graft function followed left axillo-femoral bypass graft surgery, which to the best of our knowledge, has never been performed previously for permanent maintenance of renal transplant perfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. dtovbin@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tovbin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basok
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shnaider
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hertzanu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lantsberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mostoslavsky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zlotnik
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000502:physiology* / Q000637:transplantation*; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D014654:Vascular Patency