The Use of Explanted Internal Iliac Artery Grafts in Renal Transplants With Multiple Arteries

In summary, this series demonstrates that explanted internal iliac artery grafts can be used successfully to anastomose renal allografts with multiple renal arteries. The main advantage of the technique is that the difficult anastomosis of small vessels can be performed on the back table under hypothermic conditions, and there is no pressure on the surgeon to consider the anastomotic warm time at that point. This technique, literally, takes the heat out of a difficult operative situation. © 2010 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.