The significance of vascular anomalies in human renal transplantation.
In a review of 250 consecutive human cadaveric kidney transplants the primary failure rate of donor kidneys with an anatomically abnormal blood supply was 36.7% as compared with 16.2% for kidneys with a single artery and vein (P less than 0.001). The incidence of primary failure due to renal vascular thrombosis in the abnormal group was 24.2%, compared with 4.1% in the normal group (P greater than 0.001). A significantly greater incidence of anastomotic haemorrhage and urinary leak was also associated with an abnormal blood supply in the donor kidney.
D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous