[Right renal vein graft extension for cadaver kidney transplantation]

Short renal vein can make renal transplantation difficult. We successfully used the vena cava to extend right renal vein in 20 grafts in 590 renal transplantations. Four types of venoplasty were used in this study. The method to obtain adequate length of the right renal vein from the vena cava is simple, physiological, and effective.