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Radiology

Interventional Radiology in the Diagnosis and Management of Post Liver and Kidney Transplant Complications

Built from Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology

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8 sections · 101 slides

  1. 01

    Introduction

    How imaging finds and treats transplant complications

    • Why postoperative imaging matters
    • Four groups of transplant complications
    • How the complications are subdivided
    • The imaging toolkit
    • Kidney transplant complications overview
    • Liver transplant complications overview
    • Screening and management approach for liver transplant complications

    7 slides

  2. 02

    Surgical techniques

    The anastomoses behind every transplant

    • Connections made at transplant
    • Liver transplant — hepatic artery and portal vein
    • Liver transplant — IVC and bile duct
    • Types of liver grafts
    • Surgical techniques for liver transplantation
    • Kidney transplant — vascular connections
    • Extraperitoneal versus intraperitoneal placement
    • Vascular anastomoses in kidney transplantation

    8 slides

  3. 03

    Vascular complications

    Inflow and outflow problems, by vessel

    • Hepatic inflow vessels and their problems
    • Why the hepatic artery matters
    • Hepatic artery stenosis — what it is
    • Hepatic artery stenosis — Doppler findings
    • Hepatic artery stenosis — confirm and treat
    • Hepatic artery stenosis
    • Hepatic artery thrombosis — what it is
    • Acute hepatic artery thrombosis
    • Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm
    • Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm — imaging
    • Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm
    • Splenic steal syndrome
    • Splenic steal — diagnosis and treatment
    • Splenic steal syndrome
    • Portal vein stenosis
    • Portal vein stenosis — confirm and treat
    • Portal vein stenosis
    • Portal vein thrombosis
    • THAD — why the liver lights up unevenly
    • Portal vein thrombosis — treatment
    • Transient hepatic attenuation difference — portal vein thrombosis
    • Hepatic infarct
    • Renal inflow — the renal artery
    • Renal artery stenosis
    • Renal artery stenosis — Doppler and treatment
    • Renal artery stenosis
    • Renal artery thrombosis
    • Renal artery thrombosis — treatment
    • Renal artery pseudoaneurysm
    • Renal artery pseudoaneurysm
    • Arteriovenous fistula
    • Renal artery arteriovenous fistula
    • Hepatic outflow — IVC and hepatic veins
    • IVC stenosis
    • IVC stenosis
    • IVC thrombosis
    • Hepatic vein stenosis
    • Hepatic vein stenosis
    • Hepatic vein thrombosis
    • Hepatic vein thrombosis
    • Renal vein thrombosis
    • Renal vein thrombosis — imaging and treatment
    • Renal vein thrombosis

    43 slides

  4. 04

    Biliary complications

    Leaks and obstruction after liver transplant

    • Biliary complications overview
    • Biliary leak
    • Biliary leak
    • Biliary obstruction — strictures
    • Enterobiliary anastomotic stricture
    • Biliary obstruction — stones and debris

    6 slides

  5. 05

    Urinary complications

    Urine leak and obstruction after kidney transplant

    • Urine leak
    • Urine leak — imaging appearance
    • Urine leak and urinoma
    • Urine leak — treatment
    • Urinary obstruction
    • Urinary obstruction — imaging
    • Urinary obstruction — treatment
    • Ureteral stricture causing urinary obstruction

    8 slides

  6. 06

    Extrinsic complications

    Fluid collections around the graft

    • Abdominal fluid collections
    • Hematoma
    • Lymphocele
    • Lymphocele
    • Lymphocele — treatment

    5 slides

  7. 07

    Intrinsic complications

    Disease arising within the graft

    • Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD)
    • Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD)
    • Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
    • Hepatocellular carcinoma
    • Renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
    • Renal cell carcinoma
    • Other intrinsic complications
    • Kidney graft dysfunction — delayed function
    • Kidney graft rejection
    • Rejection — biopsy and Doppler clues
    • Acute rejection

    11 slides

  8. 08

    Takeaways

    Patterns that guide management

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    • Brant and Helms' Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology

    13 slides