<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Kidney transplantations have become common surgical procedures that are associated with high success rates. Nevertheless, the detection, accurate diagnosis and timely management of the perioperative surgical complications sometimes require multidisciplinary team approach for some of the complications may result in significant morbidity, risk of graft loss and/or mortality of the recipient.</p><p>A case of a 24-year old male patient that developed a number of different surgical complications is reported. The complications included venous graft thrombosis, urinary fistula, wound infection, wound dehiscence and a completely exteriorized transplanted kidney. Despite the various complications and, accordingly, a couple of revisions, finally the patient was discharged with a regular kidney function.</p></abstract>

Kidney transplantations have become common surgical procedures that are associated with high success rates. Nevertheless, the detection, accurate diagnosis and timely management of the perioperative surgical complications sometimes require multidisciplinary team approach for some of the complications may result in significant morbidity, risk of graft loss and/or mortality of the recipient.A case of a 24-year old male patient that developed a number of different surgical complications is reported. The complications included venous graft thrombosis, urinary fistula, wound infection, wound dehiscence and a completely exteriorized transplanted kidney. Despite the various complications and, accordingly, a couple of revisions, finally the patient was discharged with a regular kidney function.

Successful Kidney Transplantation in a Patient with Multiple Perioperative Renal Transplant Complications. Case Report

University Clinic for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Skopje,

University Clinic for Toracovascular Surgery, Skopje,

Department of Nephrology, Medical Faculty, University of Skopje,

PRILOZI

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Kidney transplantations have become common surgical procedures that are associated with high success rates. Nevertheless, the detection, accurate diagnosis and...

Successful Kidney Transplantation in a Patient with Multiple Perioperative Renal Transplant Complications. Case Report

Publicado en línea: 23 nov 2016

Páginas: 121 - 125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2016-0025

Palabras clave
kidney transplantation, surgical complications, wound dehiscence, plastic surgery

© 2016 Margarita Peneva et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Successful Kidney Transplantation in a Patient with Multiple Perioperative Renal Transplant Complications. Case Report

Publicado en línea: 23 nov 2016

Páginas: 121 - 125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2016-0025

Palabras clavekidney transplantation, surgical complications, wound dehiscence, plastic surgery

© 2016 Margarita Peneva et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
kidney transplantation, surgical complications, wound dehiscence, plastic surgery