Intraabdominal bleeding following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation treated with angiographic embolization.
Significant early bleeding is one of the surgical complications following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation that has historically shaped the procedure. The consequence, exploratory laparotomy, carries high morbidity levels and elevated costs for the health system. Angiographic intervention is already a common procedure for the treatment of late, but not early, vascular complications. We describe a case of an early vascular complication that was successfully treated with angiographic embolization in a to simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant patient.
Nicoluzzi
J
J
Faculty of Medicine, PUC-PR Brazil, Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Parana, Brazil. jenicolluzz@yahoo.com
Silveira
F
F
von Bahten
L
L
von Bahten
A
A
D000005:Abdomen / Q000098:blood supply*; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000601:surgery*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome