title: Ultrasonographic features of kidney transplants and their complications: an imaging review.
abstract: Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for managing patients with end-stage kidney disease. Being submitted to a very serious surgical procedure, renal transplant recipients can only benefit from follow-up imaging and monitoring strategies. Ultrasound is considered as the principal imaging test in the evaluation of renal transplants. It is an easily applied bedside examination that can detect possible complications and guide further imaging or intervention. In this imaging review, we present essential information regarding the sonographic features of healthy renal transplants, detailing the surgical technique and how it affects the sonoanatomy. We focus on various complications that occur following renal transplantation and their sonographic features by reviewing pertinent literature sources and our own extensive imaging archives.
authors: Radiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece.
authors: Chrysafoula
authors: C
authors: Kolofousi
authors: Radiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece.
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Stefanidis
authors: Radiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece.
authors: Demosthenes D
authors: DD
authors: Cokkinos
authors: Intensive Care Unit, General State Hospital of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors: Dimitrios
authors: D
authors: Karakitsos
authors: Radiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece.
authors: Eleni
authors: E
authors: Antypa
authors: Radiology Department, Evangelismos Hospital, 10676 Athens, Greece.
authors: Ploutarhos
authors: P
authors: Piperopoulos