title: Stent graft of abdominal aortic aneurysm after renal transplantation.
abstract: The necessity of operative treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is reported in an increasing number of patients after renal transplantation as a result of improved renal graft long-term survival. In these patients, aortic surgery however, places the allograft at risk for ischemic damage. We present a first case of AAA stenting in a kidney-grafted patient. This procedure helped us avoid ischemia of the graft, which showed excellent function pre- and postoperatively. The patient had an uneventful recovery with no evidence of renal dysfunction and was discharged in good condition 7 days after stenting. This case demonstrates a useful alternative for the repair of AAA in kidney-grafted patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. wolterh@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Heiner H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Wolters
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reimer
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Senninger
authors.forename: Friedrich W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Pelster
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Dietl
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed