Renal allograft compartment syndrome: an underappreciated postoperative complication

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.02.013 Byline: Chad G. Ball (a), Andrew W. Kirkpatrick (a)(b), Serdar Yilmaz (a)(c), Mauricio Monroy (a)(c), Savvas Nicolaou (d), Anastasio Salazar (a)(c) Keywords: Renal allograft compartment syndrome; Renal transplantation Abstract: Renal allograft compartment syndrome (RACS) is early graft dysfunction secondary to retroperitoneal hypertension and resultant ischemia. Our purpose was to identify the incidence, therapies and outcomes of patients with RACS. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 St. N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9 (b) Critical Care Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (c) Transplantation, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (d) Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Article History: Received 24 November 2005; Revised 17 January 2006