Publications by authors named "Ioannis Michel Antonopoulos"
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of endovascular treatment of TRAS with PTA.
Materials And Methods: We searched our prospectively collected database looking at cases of TRAS between January 2005-December 2011. CCT was the gold-standart for diagnosis of TRAS.
Purpose: To analyze the outcome of deceased donor recipients given priority in allocation due to lack of access for dialysis and compare this data to the one obtained from non-prioritized deceased donor kidney transplant recipients.
Materials And Methods: we reviewed electronic charts of 31 patients submitted to kidney transplantation that were given priority in transplantation program due to lack of access for dialysis from January 2005 to December 2008. Immunological and surgical complications rates, and grafts and patients survival rates were analyzed.
Urinary fistula is a one of the most common complications after kidney transplantation. Conservative treatment with stent and Foley catheter drainage may be tried, however in some cases more invasive approach is needed. Caliceal fistula is a rare condition and the diagnosis may be missed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the incidence of type IV prostatitis in patients with kidney transplantation receiving an immunosuppression regimen and to compare it with that of a nonimmunosuppressed control group.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 216 electronic charts of patients who had undergone surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia from August 2000 to January 2006. Of the 216 patients, 183 did not receive immunosuppressive therapy and were included in the control group (group 1).
Background: We reviewed our experience with third, fourth, and fifth renal transplants performed by the extraperitoneal access.
Methods: The charts of 21 third and subsequent transplants performed extraperitoneally were reviewed. Surgical aspects, the occurrence of rejection episodes, delayed graft function (DGF), graft and patient survival were evaluated and compared with 1560 first transplants in adults with nonmanipulated fossa performed in the same period.
Introduction: Infected incisional hernias are common in kidney transplant patients. Treating them in immunosuppressed patients can take months, increasing costs and implying loss of working productivity. Abdominal wall prostheses have not been used in infected immunosuppressed patients because of poor infection control.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the surgical and long-term results of renal transplantation in 25 patients with bladder dysfunction and augmentation cystoplasty.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the evolution and surgical outcome of 25 renal transplants in 24 recipients with augmentation cystoplasty. The mean patient age at transplantation was 27.