Kidney transplantation in a patient with aortic bi-iliac endovascular graft: case report and literature review

Abstract

Arterial hypertension is a leading cause of both vascular diseases and chronic renal failure. With the increasing incidence of patients suffering from hypertensive vascular disease, namely aorto-iliac atherosclerosis and aneurysms, more candidates are referred for kidney transplantation (KT). Staged or simultaneous surgical repair of aorto-iliac lesions with KT have long been described and studied. In this report, we discuss the case of a patient with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, having an endovascular bifurcated aortic bi-iliac stent (EVBAIS) introduced, who underwent a KT 3 months after his vascular surgery without any postoperative complication. This case, as well as other previous studies, supports the fact that the presence of an EVBAIS does not contraindicate KT.