The use of the hypogastric artery in the anastomosis of multiple renal arteries in the transplant patient

Transplant International - Tập 3 - Trang 116-117 - 1990
J. I. Tchervenkov1, R. Munda1
1Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, USA

Tóm tắt

Alternative techniques for handling multiple renal vessels in living related kidney transplants by use of the hypogastric artery are presented. This vessel can be used either as a tubular vascular graft or as a Carrel patch graft. Details of these techniques are discussed.

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