title: Iliac reconstruction with arterial allograft during pancreas-kidney transplantation.
abstract: An intraoperative dissection of the external iliac artery during pancreas transplantation was successfully repaired using the donor iliac artery allograft as a conduit between the internal iliac and distal external iliac artery. An angiogram performed 6 months after surgery showed a patent bypass without stricture or pseudoaneurysm. At 1 yr follow-up after transplant the grafts are functioning well, and the affected extremity is normal. In immunosuppressed recipients of solid organ transplants, fresh arterial allografts may be successfully used for iliac artery reconstruction. Further study will be needed to determine the role of arterial allografts for lower extremity bypass surgery in immunosuppressed patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Baraniewski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asolati
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pollak
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Schuler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000792:Angiography; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency