Renal Vein Thrombosis Treatment

Renal Vein Thrombosis is thrombotic occlusion of one or both main renal veins, resulting in an acute kidney injury or a chronic kidney disease. Main causes of the condition include nephrotic syndrome, primary hypercoagulability disorders, malignant renal tumours, etc. The treatment options include anticoagulation with heparin, thrombolysis, (should be started immediately if no invasive intervention is planned). If surgical intervention is required then catheter-directed or surgical thrombectomy should be preferred in which a surgeon makes an incision into a blood vessel. The clot is removed, and the blood vessel is repaired. This restores the blood flow to normal. Anticoagulation medicines are given for 6-12 months, though most recommendations are to continue as long as a patient remains nephrotic.