title: Kidney transplantation in a patient with aortic bi-iliac endovascular graft: case report and literature review.
abstract: Arterial hypertension is a leading cause of both vascular diseases and chronic renal failure. With the increasing incidence of patients suffering from hypertensive vascular disease, namely aorto-iliac atherosclerosis and aneurysms, more candidates are referred for kidney transplantation (KT). Staged or simultaneous surgical repair of aorto-iliac lesions with KT have long been described and studied. In this report, we discuss the case of a patient with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, having an endovascular bifurcated aortic bi-iliac stent (EVBAIS) introduced, who underwent a KT 3 months after his vascular surgery without any postoperative complication. This case, as well as other previous studies, supports the fact that the presence of an EVBAIS does not contraindicate KT.
authors.affiliation: Transplant Unit, Sacré Coeur Hospital, Baabda, Lebanon. marounaboujaoude@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Maroun M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Abou-Jaoudé
authors.forename: Osama S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Al Beteddini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents