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Follow-up of kidney transplant by medical imaging techniques
Gillard R , Milicevic M
Rev Med Liege 2019, 74(9),484-487Abstract : There are few hospitals performing kidney transplantation. Thereby the residency in radiodiagnostics does not allow to master the essential skills of follow up kidney transplantation except in the case of staying in such a transplantation center. Furthermore, in the last 20 years the scientific publications related to kidney transplantation were of 31.001 all medical disciplines combined, from which only 1730 (5,6x%) focused on medical imaging. In the same period in medical journals focused on radiology, there was 216.661 articles from which 642 (0,3x%) about kidney transplantation. Even the development of new medical imaging techniques did not contribute to clinical practice in a meaningful way. Here we will make a reminder of medical imaging techniques and their indications in the follow-up after transplantation, emphasizing the contribution of standard ultrasound and doppler.