Living Renal Allograft Transplantation: Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging in Longitudinal Follow-up of the Donated and the Remaining Kidney.

Eisenberger, Ute; Binser, Tobias; Thöny, Harriet C.; Boesch, Chris; Frey, Felix Julius; Vermathen, Peter (2014). Living Renal Allograft Transplantation: Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging in Longitudinal Follow-up of the Donated and the Remaining Kidney. Radiology, 270(3), pp. 800-808. Radiological Society of North America RSNA 10.1148/radiol.13122588

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Purpose To determine whether diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in living renal allograft donation allows monitoring of potential changes in the nontransplanted remaining kidney of the donor because of unilateral nephrectomy and changes in the transplanted kidney before and after transplantation in donor and recipient, respectively, and whether DW MR parameters are correlated in the same kidney before and after transplantation. Materials and Methods The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee; written informed consent was obtained. Thirteen healthy kidney donors and their corresponding recipients prospectively underwent DW MR imaging (multiple b values) in donors before donation and in donors and recipients at day 8 and months 3 and 12 after donation. Total apparent diffusion coefficient (ADCT) values were determined; contribution of microcirculation was quantified in perfusion fraction (FP). Longitudinal changes of diffusion parameters were compared (repeated-measures one-way analysis of variance with post hoc pairwise comparisons). Correlations were tested (linear regression). Results ADCT values in nontransplanted kidney of donors increased from a preexplantation value of (188 ± 9 [standard deviation]) to (202 ± 11) × 10(-5) mm(2)/sec in medulla and from (199 ± 11) to (210 ± 13) × 10(-5) mm(2)/sec in cortex 1 week after donation (P < .004). Medullary, but not cortical, ADCT values stayed increased up to 1 year. ADCT values in allografts in recipients were stable. Compared with values obtained before transplantation in donors, the corticomedullary difference was reduced in allografts (P < .03). Cortical ADCT values correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate in recipients (R = 0.56, P < .001) but not donors. Cortical ADCT values in the same kidney before transplantation in donors correlated with those in recipients on day 8 after transplantation (R = 0.77, P = .006). FP did not show significant changes. Conclusion DW MR imaging depicts early adaptations in the remaining nontransplanted kidney of donors after nephrectomy. All diffusion parameters remained constant in allograft recipients after transplantation. This method has potential monitoring utility, although assessment of clinical relevance is needed. © RSNA, 2013 Online supplemental material is available for this article.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology > DCR Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Methodology (AMSM)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Pavillon 52 > Abt. Magnetresonanz-Spektroskopie und Methodologie, AMSM
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology

Graduate School:

Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)

UniBE Contributor:

Eisenberger, Ute, Binser, Tobias, Thöny, Harriet C., Boesch, Christoph Hans, Frey, Felix (B), Vermathen, Peter

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0033-8419

Publisher:

Radiological Society of North America RSNA

Language:

English

Submitter:

Christoph Hans Boesch

Date Deposited:

24 Jul 2014 16:24

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:33

Publisher DOI:

10.1148/radiol.13122588

PubMed ID:

24475796

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.43878

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/43878

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