Arterial Digital Angiography in the Evaluation of Potential Renal Donors

Renal arteries: anatomic study for surgical and radiological practice

“…It was also reported that the kidneys with polar vessels have a high primary failure due to renal vascular thrombosis and an increased incidence of urinary leak [19,23]. An angiographic evaluation of the renal arterial supply must be carried out routinely before kidney donor nephrectomy, in o r d e r to i d e n t i f y a n y a r t e r i a l variants or u n s u s p e c t e d parenchyreal d i s e a s e [17,23]. In c a s e o f m u l t i p l e arteries, one should perf o r m selective a n g i o g r a p h i c study of each artery, as a means of accurately d e t e c t i n g e i t h e r i n c i d e n t a l kidney pathology or even disease of the artery itself.…”