title: Use of a donor aortic cross for arterial reconstruction of the pancreaticoduodenal allograft.
abstract: Combined liver-pancreas procurement generally requires back bench reconstruction of the arterial blood supply with a donor Y-iliac graft to the pancreas graft. A modified vascular reconstruction that uses donor aortic cross including the brachiocephalic trunk and the left carotid artery as a single arterial patch is presented. This is useful when iliac grafts are unavailable or are being used as an alternative technique.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: de Miranda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Genzini
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tacconi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gama-Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001011:Aorta / Q000637:transplantation*; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000637:transplantation*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000637:transplantation*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods*