Role of ultrasonography and doppler in early complications of transplanted kidneys / Bosaina Mohamed Mohamed Metwally Elkady ; Supervised Sherif Fathy Abdelrahman , Moataz Fathy Mohamed

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis

Continued improvements in graft survival have led to widespread acceptance of renal transplantation as the preferred treatment for the majority of patients with endstage renal disease (ESRD). Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for the majority of patients with end{u2010}stage renal failure. The increasing number of renal transplantations and the increased survival rate of renal transplantation patients lead to an increase of the number of complications. Advances in imaging techniques have played a great role in early detection and management of the anatomical and functional abnormalities of the graft in the early stages as well as in the late post transplant period. Radiologists have a key role in assessing renal transplantations because it is important to establish an early diagnosis of complications, since most are potentially treatable. Ultrasound is unequivocally the most valuable noninvasive imaging modality used in monitoring the renal transplant. Renal transplants are routinely evaluated with sonography as either a component of a screening protocol, or as a work up for renal dysfunction.Intrarenal color doppler ultrasound (CDUS) is a noninvasive, accurate diagnostic tool that can be administrated portably and is easily repeatable, thereby making it the method of choice in screening and diagnosing vascular complications of renal transplants

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