Acute Renal Artery Thromboembolism during Abdominal Aortic Bypass Graft Surgery.

Choi,  Jong Ho; Kim,  Eun Sung; Lee,  Yoon Ki; Kwon,  Ou Kyung; Park,  Cheol Joo

doi:2001.40.6.819

Case Report

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2001;40(6):819-823.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2001.40.6.819

Acute Renal Artery Thromboembolism during Abdominal Aortic Bypass Graft Surgery.

Jong Ho Choi, Eun Sung Kim, Yoon Ki Lee, Ou Kyung Kwon, Cheol Joo Park

Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Acute occlusion of the artery to a single functioning kidney is a rare but surgically correctable cause of acute renal failure. A young-aged woman with acute renal failure and anuria due to a thromboembolism of the right renal artery was surgically treated 2 hours after the onset of anuria. Revascularization resulted in the reversal of renal failure and complete recovery of renal function. An aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach is important whenever occlusion of the renal artery is suspected during surgery in Takayasu arteritis patients.

Key Words: Arteries: thromboembolism; Kidney: anuria