The Role of Sonography in Detection and Evaluation of Transplanted Kidney Complications

Abstract

This study was done to evaluate the role of Ultrasound in detection the transplant kidney's complications . Random sample of Fifty patients complained of transplant kidney's complications was taken from IBN-SENA HOSPITAL and AHMED GASEEM HOSPITAL. All patients in the sample were sonographically investigated, the results of this investigations was collected from the reports via data collecting sheet. Patients age in the study, ranged between 10 years and 70 years old, 34 of them were male(68%) and, 16 were female(32%), the large accumulation of age groups of kidney transplant's complications was between 31 years and 40 years (34%). In this study we found the most types of complications of renal transplant, the renal artery stenosis (14%) as highest percentage, and the other types arranged between 10% for UTI, hydronephrosis and acute tubular necrosis ATN, Drug toxicity 2%. In this study we found that, the base line of 48 hours Ultrasound investigations is very important in early detection of complications, and Doppler U/S of the renal transplant is primary diagnostic tools for evaluating transplant recipients with surgical or medical complications.