Abstract
Interventional radiologists offer minimally invasive alternative treatments for many complications of liver and renal transplantation. Complications that are amenable to interventional radiologic treatments include vascular complications, biliary complications, and ureteral complications. Studies in adult and pediatric transplant recipients have demonstrated successful outcomes of minimally invasive treatments of posttransplant complications, some of which are now considered first-line treatments.
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Tanimoto, A., Rajeswaran, S., Kim, S., Green, J.R. (2018). Radiological Investigation and Intervention in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation. In: Dunn, S., Horslen, S. (eds) Solid Organ Transplantation in Infants and Children. Organ and Tissue Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07284-5_46
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