Complex arterial reconstruction in multivisceral transplantation

R Girlanda; C S Desai; C S Matsumoto; S S Kaufman; C A Little; T M Fishbein

doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02982.x

Complex arterial reconstruction in multivisceral transplantation

Am J Transplant. 2010 Mar;10(3):698-701. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02982.x. Epub 2010 Jan 29.

Authors

R Girlanda¹, C S Desai, C S Matsumoto, S S Kaufman, C A Little, T M Fishbein

Affiliation

¹ Transplant Institute, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

PMID: 20121743
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02982.x

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anastomosis, Surgical / methods*
Aorta / surgery
Female
Humans
Intestines / transplantation*
Models, Anatomic
Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods
Transplantation, Homologous
Treatment Outcome
Viscera / transplantation*