Safe utilization and long-term follow-up of 368 marginal kidneys.
Three-hundred sixty-eight grafts of 1701 KTs performed during a 25-year period showed major anatomical anomalies: 358 kidneys presented an abnormal vascular supply, 8 organs had a double ureters, 2 were indivisible horseshoe kidneys. The outcome of these MKs is virtually identical (84%) to those obtained with transplant of normal grafts (85%). The advantages of ex vivo arterioplasty have been advocated.
Policlinico University Hospital, Vascular Surgery and Kidney Transplantation Unit, Milano, Italy.
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D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008866:Microsurgery; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities