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01-06-2011 | Letter to the Editor

Minimally Invasive Mechanical Thrombectomy: Salvage of a Renal Transplant After Pelvicaliceal Clot Retention

Authors: Ilyas Khattak, Ranjeet Naralawar, Peter Littler, Sanjay Meera, Ali Bakran, Ajay Sharma, Steven Powell

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 3/2011

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Here we describe our clinical experience involving a novel and unlicensed extravascular application of the AngioJet rheolytic thrombectomy device in the treatment of resistant posttransplantation renal pelvicaliceal clot retention. …

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Title: Minimally Invasive Mechanical Thrombectomy: Salvage of a Renal Transplant After Pelvicaliceal Clot Retention
Authors: Ilyas Khattak
Ranjeet Naralawar
Peter Littler
Sanjay Meera
Ali Bakran
Ajay Sharma
Steven Powell
Publication date: 01-06-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-010-0023-8

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