Circulatory arrest to protect transplant kidney in a patient with chronic type III dissection
Articles > Article · 2001
Authors: Tahir YAĞDI, S BUKET, Y TOKAT, H Posaciolu, FATMA ZEKİYE AŞKAR
ANNALS OF VASCULAR SURGERY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2001, vol 15, pp 575-577
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-001-0008-9
Summary
With broader indications for renal transplantation and improved allograft survival, it is anticipated that the problem of aortic disease in the post-transplant patient will be encountered with increasing frequency. We report a technique of protecting the transplant kidney from ischemic damage during distal aortic surgery. A 30-year-old renal transplant patient who had undergone an operation for ruptured chronic type III dissection 3 years previously underwent abdominal aortic aneurysm repair under hypothermic circulatory arrest. The patient recovered uneventfully and is presently doing well 1 year after the operation. Hypothermic circulatory arrest could be used in selected cases as a useful alternative for transplant kidney protection.