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Short segment aortic endarterectomy--a technique to aid cannulation in donors with severe aorto-iliac disease
Ganesh Gunasekaran1, Charles Winans, Koji Hashimoto
1Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary & Transplant Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA. gani_g@hotmail.com
Clinical Transplantation
|March 9, 2011
Abstract:
Cannulation of the abdominal aorta in older donors with advanced atherosclerotic disease is challenging and may lead to dissection or plaque embolization. We describe a different technique, short segment aortic endarterectomy, which can be a useful alternative during organ procurement. It permits safer cannulation and securing of atherosclerotic infrarenal aortas, thereby allowing us to flush and safely use organs that otherwise would have been discarded.

