title: Vascular anastomosis techniques in renal transplants.
abstract: In our series of 250 RT's 192 (76.8%) from living donors and 58 (23.27%) from cadaver donors, there were 207 (88.8%) kidneys with a single renal artery, 40 (16%) with a double artery and 3 (1.2%) with a triple artery. End to side anastomosis to common iliac vessels was the most frequently used technique for kidneys with a single renal artery (52%). Extracorporeal renal surgery was performed on 83.7% of kidneys with multiple arteries. There were 32 (12.8%) complications with 6 (2.4%) unsuccessful RT's due to technical reasons. The actuarial survival of patients and grafts after 5 years from live donors was 87% and 69% and from cadaver donors was 78% and 46%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Barros Luco Trudeau Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of Chile.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aguiló
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaete
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Galleguillos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014019:Tissue Donors