15 January 2021>: Original Paper
Complex Surgical Reconstruction of Upper Pole Artery in Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation
Paolo Vincenzi 12ABE , Javier Gonzalez 3EF , Giselle Guerra 24AE , Jeffrey J. Gaynor 12CD , Angel Alvarez 1BF , Gaetano Ciancio 125ADE*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926850
Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e926850
Table 3 Types of arterial reconstruction.
Recipient | MA reconstruction | Suture | UPA reconstruction | Interposition graft and type | Suture | LPA reconstruction | Suture |
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1 | – | – | End-to-side with hilar branch MA | No | RunningProlene 7-0 | – | – |
2 | – | – | End-to-side with MA | IEA | RunningProlene 8-0 | – | – |
3 | – | – | End-to-side with MA | Donor OV | RunningProlene 8-0 | Side-to-side with MA | RunningProlene 8-0 |
4 | Side-to-side | RunningProlene 7-0 | End-to-side with MA | No | RunningProlene 8-0 | – | – |
5 | Side-to-side | RunningProlene 7-0 | End-to-side with hilar branch MA | No | RunningProlene 8-0 | – | – |
6 | – | – | End-to-side with hilar branch MA | No | RunningProlene 8-0 | End-to-side with MA | RunningProlene 8-0 |
MA – main artery; UPA – upper pole artery; LPA – lower pole artery; IEA – inferior epigastric artery; OV – ovarian vein. |