Use of inferior epigastric artery for extracorporeal microvascular branch renal artery reconstruction.
The inferior epigastric artery provides an excellent free graft for repairing complex intrarenal vascular lesions involving small peripheral arterial branches. Two patients are presented in whom extracorporeal microvascular branch renal artery reconstruction was achieved with a simple or branched graft of the inferior epigastric artery.
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000098:blood supply*; D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous