Intraoperative assessment of ureter perfusion after revascularization of transplanted kidneys using intravenous indocyanine green fluorescence imaging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney transplantation is the most valuable renal replacement therapy. One of the most common urologic complications following kidney transplantation is ureter anastomosis leakage, which leads to high morbidity along with kidney graft loss. We hypothesized that indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence videography can assess ureter perfusion after revascularization of transplanted kidneys.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study in end-stage renal disease patients who underwent deceased donor kidney transplantation at Ramathibodi Hospital from September 2019 to January 2020. The segments of transplanted ureters were categorized as having good or poor perfusion based on the percentage from ICG fluorescence videography images. Then the results from ICG f

SUBMITTER: Kanammit P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8261407 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature