Successful Treatment of Transplant Renal Artery Thrombosis With Systemic Infusion of Recombinant-Tissue-Plasminogen Activator After Renal Transplant.

A 24-year-old man with end-stage renal disease secondary to congenital renal hypoplasia under-went a preemptive renal transplant. Although a vascular complication occurred during surgery, the operation was completed satisfactorily. However, postoperative Doppler ultrasound showed no perfusion of the renal artery, vein, and parenchyma, indicating a transplant renal artery thrombosis. A reoperation was promptly performed, with systemic infusion of recombinant-tissue-plasminogen activator during graft nephrectomy, followed by a reimplant that resulted in a salvage allograft. Immediate thrombolysis using systemically infused recombinant-tissue-plasminogen activator may be an effective treatment option for transplant renal artery thrombosis after renal transplant.

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