An odd application of artificial vascular graft in the kidney transplantation of a patient with severe deep vein thrombosis: a case report.

Abstract

Transplantation of a living-related donor kidney was performed for a 41-year-old man. The planned right donor nephrectomy from the patient's 64-year-old father was uneventful. However the recipient's bilateral iliac veins and inferior vena cava were occluded, requiring a connection of the donor renal vein to the recipient's right great saphenous vein using an artificial vascular graft. On postoperative day 9, the patient recovered normal renal function with a serum creatinine that gradually decreased to 1.399 mg/dL. Color Doppler and computed tomography angiography imaging showed patency of the artificial vascular graft with no evidence of thrombosis. In addition, warfarin was used to improve his protein S deficiency.

• Authors: M Mo, L Peng, S Yu, C Gao
• Journal: Transplantation proceedings (Transplant Proc) Vol. 45 Issue 7 Pg. 2819-21 (Sep 2013) ISSN: 1873-2623 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24034057 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Adult
• Blood Vessel Prosthesis
• Humans
• Kidney Function Tests
• Kidney Transplantation
• Living Donors
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Saphenous Vein (surgery)
• Venous Thrombosis (complications)