TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcomes of endovascular management of late vascular hemorrhage after pancreatic transplant
AU - Young, Shamar J.
AU - Bergren, Lindsey
AU - Dunn, Ty
AU - Shrestha, Prashant
AU - Yadav, Kunal
AU - Frank, Nicholas
AU - Kandaswamy, Raja
AU - Golzarian, Jafar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the endovascular treatment of hemorrhage in the nonperioperative setting in pancreas transplant recipients. MATERIALS AND METHODS. All angiograms performed between January 1, 1999, and June 1, 2016, to treat hemorrhage after pancreatic transplant at a single large-volume transplant center were reviewed. Fourteen patients who underwent 21 angiograms were identified. The patients' charts were reviewed for clinical indications, technical aspects of the endovascular interventions, outcomes, and complications. RESULTS. The mean number of angiograms was 1.5 per patient. The primary and primary assisted clinical success rates were 64.3% (9/14 patients) and 71.4% (10/14 patients), respectively. Five patients (35.7%) experienced complications. At presentation, eight patients had functioning grafts and seven of these eight patients (87.5%) maintained graft function. CONCLUSION. It is critical to recognize transplant-related hemorrhage after pancreas transplant. Endovascular management is associated with high clinical success and rarely results in loss of graft function, suggesting that it should be a consideration for first-line therapy in this patient population.
AB - OBJECTIVE. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the endovascular treatment of hemorrhage in the nonperioperative setting in pancreas transplant recipients. MATERIALS AND METHODS. All angiograms performed between January 1, 1999, and June 1, 2016, to treat hemorrhage after pancreatic transplant at a single large-volume transplant center were reviewed. Fourteen patients who underwent 21 angiograms were identified. The patients' charts were reviewed for clinical indications, technical aspects of the endovascular interventions, outcomes, and complications. RESULTS. The mean number of angiograms was 1.5 per patient. The primary and primary assisted clinical success rates were 64.3% (9/14 patients) and 71.4% (10/14 patients), respectively. Five patients (35.7%) experienced complications. At presentation, eight patients had functioning grafts and seven of these eight patients (87.5%) maintained graft function. CONCLUSION. It is critical to recognize transplant-related hemorrhage after pancreas transplant. Endovascular management is associated with high clinical success and rarely results in loss of graft function, suggesting that it should be a consideration for first-line therapy in this patient population.
KW - Endovascular management
KW - Hemorrhage
KW - Pancreatic transplant
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U2 - 10.2214/AJR.17.18171
DO - 10.2214/AJR.17.18171
M3 - Article
C2 - 29045177
AN - SCOPUS:85039153829
SN - 0361-803X
VL - 210
SP - 201
EP - 206
JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
IS - 1
ER -