09 December 2022 : Original article
Modification of Venous Outflow to Avoid Thrombotic Graft Failure in Pancreas Transplantation
Je Ho Ryu1ABE, Jae Ryong Shim1ABC, Tae Beom Lee1BCD, Kwangho Yang1ADE, Taeun Kim2ABF, Seo Rin Kim
3EF, Byunghyun Choi1ABCDEF*
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.937514
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e937514
Figure 6 The aortic interposition graft schematic. Aortic interposition graft and duodenal exocrine drainage have been used to create a modified venous outlet. In the case of SPK or PAK, the transplanted kidney was implanted on the patient’s left side (left picture). The PTA case is shown on the right. Rune Horneland, a Norwegian transplant surgeon, created this illustration for this article. A – aorta; C – vena cava; D – duodenum, AG – aortic graft; Y – Y-graft.