Acute thrombosis of renal transplant artery: graft salvage by means of intra-arterial fibrinolysis.

Background: Arterial thrombosis in a transplanted kidney is a serious complication that usually leads to graft loss. The purpose of our study was to evaluate intra-arterial fibrinolysis as a treatment of acute renal transplant artery thrombosis and to determine the maximum period of occlusion allowing a reasonable chance of graft salvage.

Methods And Results: Four patients underwent intra-arterial fibrinolysis for acute transplant artery thrombosis.