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Ultrasound assessment of the problem kidney transplant: A surgical prospective
Author(s) -
Shaw J. F. L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870200809
Subject(s) - medicine , acute tubular necrosis , ultrasound , nephrotoxicity , kidney , kidney transplantation , transplantation , radiology , doppler ultrasound , prospective cohort study , necrosis , surgery , urology
Ultrasound investigation contributes to the assessment of transplanted kidneys. Ureteric obstruction and peri‐transplant fluid collections are shown satisfactorily, but the differentiation of graft rejection from cyclosporin A nephrotoxicity and continuing acute tubular necrosis is less straightforward. Doppler ultrasound is used to detect changes in graft blood circulation, but the results of such assessment vary between centers, and further improvements are required to improve the accuracy of diagnosis of causes of graft impairment by noninvasive methods.