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How to repair a donor renal vein injury with an inferior vena cava patch
Author(s) -
Tang Linda,
Adams Kristian,
Lee Taina,
Pleass Henry,
Yuen Lawrence
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.17029
Subject(s) - medicine , economic shortage , renal vein , inferior vena cava , organ donation , surgery , kidney , vein , transplantation , kidney transplantation , vena cava , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Shortage of supply of organs for donation means that every viable organ should be given the best chance possible for transplantation. As such, we present a method of renal vein reconstruction of a deceased donor kidney following injury during the organ recovery process.