title: Cutting-balloon angioplasty in transplant renal artery stenosis as first-line treatment in the early postoperative period.
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty has been successfully used for the treatment of transplant renal artery stenosis (RAS). Cutting-balloon angioplasty (CBA) is being used as a second option in pressure-resistant stenosis. It is thought that CBA is less traumatic and therefore restenosis occurs less frequently than in conventional angioplasty. This case report describes the unusual use of a cutting balloon in transplant RAS as a first option in the early postoperative period. Long-term follow-up data are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Caddesi, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey. ucaradem@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ucar
authors.forename: Aghakishi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yahyayev
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bakkaloglu
authors.forename: Ayaz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agayev
authors.forename: Ali Emin
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Izzet
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rozanes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000601:surgery; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications