Transplantation using inverted renal unit and donor vena cava-iliac vein conduit to bypass recipient distal vena cava and iliac venous systems.
We describe a transplantation procedure using donor vena cava and iliac vein to bypass venous abnormalities in a recipient in whom conventional renal transplantation had failed. Considerations for choosing this procedure are reviewed.
Gibel
L J
LJ
Urology Section, Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center, New Mexico.
Chakerian
M
M
Harford
A
A
Sterling
W
W
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000637:transplantation*