RT Book, Section
A1 Nielsen, Chelsea L
A1 Butler, Kevin S
A1 Kim, Nancy
A1 Grodstein, Elliot
A1 Molmenti, Ernesto P
A2 Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo
SR Print(0)
ID 1194189554
T1 Inferior Epigastric Artery Reconstruction for an Upper Polar Accessory Transplant Renal Artery
T2 Molmenti’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 2e
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260474275
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194189554
RD 2023/09/24
AB Small  accessory  upper  polar  transplant  renal  arteries  rarely  need  to  be  reconstructed.  In  the  case  illustrated  here,  the  donor  kidney  had  a  1  mm  upper  polar  artery  supplying  an  estimated  15%  of  the  renal  parenchyma.  The  live  donor  was  of  small  size  (weight  of  the  kidney  was  160  grams)  compared  to  the  recipient  (over  6  feet  in  height  and  greater  than  200  lbs  in  weight).  Both  were  of  young  age.  The  decision  to  reconstruct  this  artery  was  made  after  the  kidney  had  been  implanted  and  the  size  of  the  territory  supplied  by  the  accessory  artery  clearly  identified.  This  is  a  technique  to  consider  in  instances  of: