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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

23-02-2024 | Interesting image

Precise Localization of Urine Leak After Renal Transplantation on Radionuclide Renography: Added Value of the Unclamped Drainage Tube and SPECT-CT

Authors: Althaf K Majeed, Om Kumar Yadav, Sameer Taywade, Rajesh Kumar, Arjun Singh Sandhu

Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

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Abstract

Identifying and localizing the site of post-renal transplantation urine leaks is important for patient management and treatment planning. Renal scintigraphy is a proven modality for confirming urine leaks after complicated post-renal transplantation. Routinely, renogram studies are performed with a clamped extraperitoneal drain. This results in the spread of radioactivity in the abdominal region, which makes localization of the leak site difficult in the planar images. Here we are trying to give an insight into minimalizing the accumulated urine volume by an unclamped extraperitoneal drain in order to precisely localize the site of the leak.
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Metadata
Title
Precise Localization of Urine Leak After Renal Transplantation on Radionuclide Renography: Added Value of the Unclamped Drainage Tube and SPECT-CT
Authors
Althaf K Majeed
Om Kumar Yadav
Sameer Taywade
Rajesh Kumar
Arjun Singh Sandhu
Publication date
23-02-2024
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Published in
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Print ISSN: 1869-3474
Electronic ISSN: 1869-3482
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-024-00855-4