Renal transplantation with blood supply by axillofemoral bypass graft.
An axillofemoral bypass was used to preserve a functioning renal allograft after excision of a mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm in a diabetic patient. In the presence of continued immunosuppression the aortic wall infection progressed and the patient expired after rupture of the proximal aortic closure.
D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous