ReviewPediatric radiology2021
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of transplant organs - liver and kidney - in children.
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- Analysis of the Safety of Single-Center Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Pediatric Patients.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2026Article
- Considerations for imaging of children pre-operatively- and in the early post-operative period of renal transplantation.Pediatric radiology · 2026Review
- Evaluation value of contrast enhanced ultrasound quantitative parameters in ischemic-type biliary lesions after liver transplantation-a prospectively study.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025Article
- Expanding Role of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Elastography in the Evaluation of Abdominal Pathologies in Children.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the follow-up of abdominal solid organ trauma: an international survey prior to the PseAn study.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Article
- Hepatic Artery Delineation on Ultrasound Volumes Comparing B-Flow and Color Doppler for Postoperative Monitoring of Pediatric Liver Transplants.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- European Society of Pediatric Radiology survey of perioperative imaging in pediatric liver transplantation: (3) postoperative imaging.Pediatric radiology · 2024Article
- European Society of Pediatric Radiology survey of perioperative imaging in pediatric liver transplantation: (2) intraoperative imaging.Pediatric radiology · 2024Article
- [Imaging after kidney transplantation in childhood and adolescence].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Management and Outcome After Early Renal Transplant Vein Thrombosis: A French Multicentre Observational Study of Real-Life Practice Over 24 Years.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023Observational
- Developments in diagnosis and management of post-liver transplantation biliary complications: the radiologist's perspective.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2022Article
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of benign and malignant liver lesions in children.Pediatric radiology · 2021Review
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the kidneys and adrenals in children.Pediatric radiology · 2021Review
- Comparison of the Balthazar score of acute pancreatitis between computed tomography and ultrasound in children: pitfalls of ultrasound in diagnosing and evaluating pancreatitis.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2021Article
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9 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Ultrasound (US) is the first-line imaging tool for evaluating liver and kidney transplants during and after the surgical procedures. In most patients after organ transplantation, gray-scale US coupled with color/power and spectral Doppler techniques is used to evaluate the transplant organs, assess the patency of vascular structures, and identify potential complications. In technically difficult or inconclusive cases, however, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can provide prompt and accurate diagnostic information that is essential for management decisions. CEUS is indicated to evaluate for vascular complications including vascular stenosis or thrombosis, active bleeding, pseudoaneurysms and arteriovenous fistulas. Parenchymal indications for CEUS include evaluation for perfusion defects and focal inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions. When transplant rejection is suspected, CEUS can assist with prompt intervention by excluding potential underlying causes for organ dysfunction. Intracavitary CEUS applications can evaluate the biliary tract of a liver transplant (e.g., for biliary strictures, bile leak or intraductal stones) or the urinary tract of a renal transplant (e.g., for urinary obstruction, urine leak or vesicoureteral reflux) as well as the position and patency of hepatic, biliary and renal drains and catheters. The aim of this review is to present current experience regarding the use of CEUS to evaluate liver and renal transplants, focusing on the examination technique and interpretation of the main imaging findings, predominantly those related to vascular complications.
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