| Evaluation of renal donors with helical CT angiography - our experience | |
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<b>Objectives: </b> To compare the findings of helical com-puted tomography (CT) angiography and the intraopera-tive findings in voluntary kidney donors. <b> Methods: </b> This was a prospective study evaluating 28 voluntary kidney donors from January 2001 to December 2002 who underwent a preoperative CT angiography with a 20 minute intravenous urogram film and was compared with intraoperative findings during nephrectomy to de-termine the accuracy of CT angiography. Donors consti-tuted 21 females and 7 males and all were related donors with mean age of 35.5 years (19 to 55 years). <b> Results: </b> Intraoperative findings correlated in 25 out of 28 patients (88.75%). Among those 3 patients, one pa-tient had an upper polar accessory artery, another had a lower polar artery and the third patient had an early branching respectively. <b>Conclusions: </b>Helical CT and 3-D reformatting allowed improved vascular imaging and has the potential for fu-ture single imaging method for donor evaluation. It has been cost effective also. It needs a dedicated radiologist for interpretation. About 10% of renal arteries are not seen on helical CT renal arteriograms when compared with findings at surgery. |
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Upendra Kumar N, Murty PVLN, Kumar Nand, Reddy Ram, Ramamurthy, Jyotsna, Dakshina Murthy K |
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Publisher : Medknow Publications Type : - Format : - |
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2004 |
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Helical CT angio, kidney donors, renal transplantation. |
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Indian Journal of Urology |
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