Interventional radiological management of complications in renal transplantation

Renal failure is treated by dialysis or renal transplantation. Renal transplantation has become the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) because of long-term survival and improved life quality in cases when transplantation is performed instead of hemodialysis.1-3 The most frequent renal transplantation complications are the following: renal and perirenal fluid collections, decreased renal function, and abnormalities of the vascular, tubular system, and renal parenchyma. Postoperative fluid collections are common, after transplantation, and they include haematomas, seromas, urinomas, Radiol Oncol 2004; 38(4): 309-21.