title: Intraoperative graft verification in renal transplants.
abstract: The success of an arterial reconstruction is dependent on multiple factors, including patient selection, quality of the vessels, type of vascular conduit employed, and the surgical technique adopted. Transit time flow measurement is a technique that is now the standard of care for immediate graft patency verification following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. This study demonstrates that transit time flow measurement can be successfully used to evaluate renal transplant anastomoses: accurate intraoperative measurements provide a rapid objective assessment of renal graft patency.
authors.affiliation: Buffalo General Hospital, 100 High Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
authors.forename: Kirit A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: Hratch L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Karamanoukian
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bergsland
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Ancona
authors.forename: Rabie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stephan
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D019737:Transplants; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000502:physiology*