BACKGROUND: Our goal is to relate the type of anastomosis (end-to-end or end-to-side), the age of recipient patient, the type of renal graft used (live or cadaver donor) and the aortic patch usage to the development of renal artery stenosis, evaluating its treatment. Data were statistically analyzed using Fischer's Test. METHODS: This is a retrospective study of 278 patients, submitted to renal implant surgery at the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, from May, 1989 to May, 2001. RESULTS: There was no demonstrable relation between the studied variables and the presence of stenosis. Renal artery stenosis was detected in eight cases, which were successfully treated through percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, with primary stent implant (n = 7) or without stent implant (n = 1). CONCLUSION: The analyzed variables didn't influence the development of renal artery stenosis. Endovascular treatment was effective for this pathology.
Kidney transplantation; Renal artery obstruction; Angioplasty; balloon
