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Use of a Hanging-weight System for Isolated Renal Artery Occlusion
Published on: July 19, 2011
A new surgical approach for exclusion of renal artery aneurysms avoiding organ ischemia
R Trunfio1, S Demertzis, J C van den Berg
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiocentro Ticino, Via Tesserete 48, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Introduction:
Surgical treatment of renal artery aneurysms is inevitably associated with temporary renal artery occlusion and risk of ischemic injury. We present a technique for renal artery grafting and aneurysm exclusion without interrupting renal blood flow.
Report:
A symptomatic renal artery aneurysm was bypassed with a venous graft between the abdominal aorta and the very distal renal artery utilizing a distal anastomotic device without interruption of renal blood flow. The aneurysm was then excluded by means of hemostatic clips.
Conclusion:
The presented surgical technique offers the major advantage of avoiding organ ischemia and accelerating the surgical procedure.
