title: Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair after renal transplantation with extracorporeal bypass.
abstract: The successful resection of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is presented in a patient who had undergone kidney transplantation 4 years previously. Because the transplanted kidney is more sensitive to ischemia than a normal one, a femoro-femoral bypass with a pump oxygenator was used for perfusion of the transplanted kidney during crossclamping. During the clamping time of 40 minutes kidney perfusion was maintained with a perfusion pressure of 60 to 80 mmHg and the flow was 600 to 1000 ml/min. A collagen-seeded Dacron graft (diameter: 18 mm, length: 12 mm) was interposed. The postoperative course was uncomplicated. We believe that performing the femoro-femoral bypass with a pump oxygenator is an effective and simple method for kidney protection in such operations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic- and Cardiovascular-Surgery, University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ayisi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kalmar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pokar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trautwein
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010106:Oxygenators