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Elective rather than emergency intervention for acute renal artery occlusion with anuria
R M Higgins1, D J Goldsmith, D Charlesworth
1Department of Renal Medicine, Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Nephron
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
We describe a case in which surgical revascularisation was electively delayed until 27 days after acute renal artery occlusion, allowing surgery to be performed after a period of haemodialysis and pre-operative cardiac assessment. Owing to the collateral blood supply to the kidney, emergency surgery in cases of acute renal artery occlusion may not be necessary, and may be hazardous.