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Technique for Salvage of All Organs

Rodney J. Taylor, MD; J. Thomas Rosenthal, MD; Thomas R. Hakala, MD

Arch Surg. 1985;120(9):1084-1085.

Abstract
• The recent improved success with solid organ transplantation has made multiple-organ procurement from single cadaveric donors a more frequent procedure. The techniques for team procurement have resulted in excellent posttransplant organ function with minimal organ waste. In 12% of the population the right hepatic artery arises from the superior mesenteric artery. When this occurs in an infant or small pediatric combined kidney-liver donor, the aorta is divided below the superior mesenteric artery. Our method salvages the kidneys from these donors for en bloc transplantation without jeopardizing the liver for transplant.

(Arch Surg 1985;120:1084-1085)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Urological Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 8, 1985.

Reprint requests to Division of Urological Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, 4414 Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Dr Taylor).

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