Kidney salvage in a case of ruptured renal artery aneurysm: case report and literature review

B Schorn; V Falk; H Dalichau; F W Mohr

doi:10.1016/s0967-2109(95)00041-0

Kidney salvage in a case of ruptured renal artery aneurysm: case report and literature review

Cardiovasc Surg. 1997 Feb;5(1):134-6. doi: 10.1016/s0967-2109(95)00041-0.

Authors

B Schorn¹, V Falk, H Dalichau, F W Mohr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, George-August-University of Gottingen, Germany.

PMID: 9158136
DOI: 10.1016/s0967-2109(95)00041-0

Abstract

A 79-year-old woman presented with hypovolaemic shock caused by rupture of a left renal artery aneurysm. She was successfully treated by arterial reconstruction with functional salvage of the kidney. The frequency of renal artery aneurysms, their risk of rupture and the results of urgent surgery are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery*
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Female
Humans
Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
Ischemia / surgery*
Kidney / blood supply*
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Renal Artery / diagnostic imaging
Renal Artery / surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed