[Use of the vena cava in renal transplantation. Extension of the right renal vein]

Ann Urol (Paris). 1988;22(5):325-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Vena cava is a providential material for the transplant surgeon. Prolongation of the right renal vein using vena cava is a simple and effective procedure. Consequently the inferior vena cava must be harvested with the right and not the left kidney for which it is unnecessary. The use of a long segment of vena cava makes the renal transplantation and easy, well-defined procedure without interfering with the requirements of multiorgan donation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Renal Veins / surgery*
  • Venae Cavae / surgery*