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1: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2003 Jan-Feb;26(1):85-7. Epub 2002 Dec 20.Click here to read Links

Renal transplant ureteral stenosis: treatment by self-expanding metallic stent.

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

Department of Radiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, 34300 K.M.Pasa, Istanbul, Turkey. cantas1@yahoo.com

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.

PMID: 12491017 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]