title: Ipsilateral placement in double-kidney transplantation.
abstract: Ipsilateral placement of double kidneys from marginal donors into older recipients may reduce the stress of the operation on the patient and allow for extension of the utility of older donor kidneys. A separate bench preparation of the kidneys is performed to aid in assessing the quality of the kidneys before placement in the recipient. Multiple renal arteries and proximal calcifications may require extracorporeal anastomosis or multiple anastomoses in the recipient depending on length and size of the renal vessels. In the recipient, the incision should allow complete dissection of the common external and internal iliac arteries. This report provides a detail of the technique used for ipsilateral placement of double kidneys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. aogaber@tmh.tmc.edu
authors.forename: A Osama
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Gaber
authors.forename: Hosein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shokouh-Amiri
authors.forename: Nosratollah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nezakatgoo
authors.forename: Lillian W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Gaber
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saharia
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehrazin
authors.forename: Linda W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014019:Tissue Donors; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents