Complex arterial reconstruction in multivisceral transplantation.
We report the case of a successful multivisceral transplant in which both donor and recipient presented aberrant anatomy of the celiac-mesenteric axis requiring five separate arterial anastomoses to reconstruct the blood inflow to the graft.
Girlanda
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Transplant Institute, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Desai
C S
CS
Matsumoto
C S
CS
Kaufman
S S
SS
Little
C A
CA
Fishbein
T M
TM
D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000637:transplantation*; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014781:Viscera / Q000637:transplantation*