Renal transplant ureteral stenosis: Treatment by self-expanding metallic stent


Cantasdemir M., Kantarci F., Numan F., Mihmanli I., Kalender B.

CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, cilt.26, sa.1, ss.85-87, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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We report the use of a metallic stent in a transplant ureteral stenosis. A 28-year-old man with chronic renal failure due to chronic pyelonephritis, who received a living-donor renal transplant, presented with transplant ureteral stenosis. The stenosis was unresponsive to balloon dilation and was treated by antegrade placement of a self-expanding Memotherm stent. The stented ureter stayed patent for 3 years. It may be reasonable to treat post-transplant ureteral stenosis resistant to balloon dilation with self-expanding metallic stents. However, long-term follow-up is required to evaluate the efficacy of this treatment.