title: Extended donor iliac arterial patch for vascular reconstruction during pancreas transplantation.
abstract: Iliac arteries in allograft pancreas recipients may be compromised by the patient's underlying disease or previous surgical intervention. We describe a previously unreported arterial reconstruction using an extended segmental common/external iliac artery patch with anastomosis of the pancreatic Y-graft to the patch internal iliac artery, and review the options for arterial reconstruction reported by others. This technique may find application in both pancreas and kidney transplantation to salvage a damaged or diseased iliac artery.
authors.affiliation: Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Mercer
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rigley
authors.forename: R Brian
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation