title: Percutaneous in situ oxygenated pump perfusion of a transplanted kidney during abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
abstract: The surgical management of aortic aneurysms in kidney transplant patients is a difficult clinical scenario where preservation of the kidney allograft during aortic cross-clamping is paramount. We describe a novel technique for renal protection during abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with in situ oxygenated pump perfusion of the transplanted kidney. A percutaneous approach is used for common femoral artery and vein cannulation and a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit to provide retrograde oxygenated pump perfusion to the transplanted kidney. This technique allows adequate kidney perfusion during warm ischemia and minimizes morbidity by using a percutaneous access technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washignton, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Jason S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hawksworth
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Speir
authors.forename: Dipankar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003250:Constriction; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012079:Renal Circulation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome