[Renal angiography and tactics of urological surgical interventions]

Despite notable advances of the currently available medical imaging techniques: Doppler study, nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray tomography with the construction of three-dimensional images, angiography occupies a prominent place in the diagnosis of abnormal kidneys, in the endovascular correction of their vascular bed, and in the determination of indications for a forthcoming surgical intervention, its tactics and scope. According to the authors' data, more than half the diagnostic angiogaphic studies have changed the general view of a pathological process and affected a further treatment policy. The present paper pools the experience accumulated by the Department of X-ray Study and Angiography, Research Institute of Urology, Russian Ministry of Health, and Moscow City Hospital No. 47 and is intended for wide audience of roentgenologists, urologists, and surgeons.