15 January 2021 : Original article
Complex Surgical Reconstruction of Upper Pole Artery in Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation
Paolo Vincenzi12ABE, Javier Gonzalez3EF, Giselle Guerra24AE, Jeffrey J. Gaynor12CD, Angel Alvarez1BF, Gaetano Ciancio125ADE*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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||||