Preoperative evaluation of iliac blood vessels for first kidney transplant recipients: Combination of conventional and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography
Autor: | Feng-Hua Li, Xiao-Lan Cui, Wen-Qi Yang, Hongli Li, Ming Zhang, Liang Ying, Xiaodong Yuan |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Surgical strategy Physiology 030232 urology & nephrology Contrast Media Hemodynamics Iliac Vein Iliac Artery Kidney transplant 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physiology (medical) medicine.artery Preoperative Care medicine Humans Kidney transplantation Aged Ultrasonography business.industry Ultrasound Hematology Middle Aged medicine.disease Kidney Transplantation Internal iliac artery Correlation analysis Female Kidney Diseases Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Algorithms |
Zdroj: | Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation. :1-11 |
ISSN: | 1875-8622 1386-0291 |
DOI: | 10.3233/ch-201054 |
Popis: | OBJECTIVE: To assess iliac blood vessels using conventional ultrasound (US) and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) before kidney transplantation (KT) and determine whether US findings related to post-transplant outcomes. METHODS: A total of 119 patients received US and CEUS before KT waiting-list acceptance. The preoperative iliac blood hemodynamics and vascular conditions were evaluated. The operative strategy and follow-up outcomes were recorded. Logistic regression and correlation analysis were used. The accuracy in determining the patency of iliac blood vessels was calculated before and after the injection of contrast materials. RESULTS: CEUS can help to significantly improve the visualization of the internal iliac artery, but there was no significant correlation with post-transplant outcomes. In terms of accuracy, there were significant differences in determining the patency of internal iliac arteries between conventional US and CEUS (60.5% and 100%, p < 0.001). The surgical strategy of one patient was regulated and two patients were excluded from KT according to US findings. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with conventional US, CEUS helps to improve the visualization of the internal iliac artery. Conventional US and CEUS have the potential to serve as effective methods to evaluate anatomy and hemodynamics of iliac vessels and have a potential value while defining clinical algorithms in surgery decision-making. |
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