Successful removal of thrombus from renal vein after renal transplantation

Abstract

Complications following renal homotransplantation are frequent and it is often difficult to distinguish surgical complications from rejection of the transplanted kidney. The following case, in which the venous return from the graft was occluded by a thrombus ascending from a venous thrombosis of leg and in which kidney function returned after removal of the clot, shows the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of surgical problems. © 1970, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.