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[Optimization of multiple abdominal organ procurement]
G Benoit1, D Castaing, H Bensadoun
1Service d'Urologie, Hôpital du Kremlin Bicêtre.
Multiple abdominal organ procurement should enable the kidneys, the liver and the whole pancreas to be removed. Simultaneous removal of the liver and pancreas depends on arterial variations. In subjects with one single hepatic artery simultaneous removal of the liver and the whole pancreas is always possible. In subjects with right hepatic artery, the whole pancreas can only be removed if the right hepatic artery and the median hepatic artery can be left to the liver transplanter and if the coeliac trunk, the common hepatic artery, the gastroduodenal artery and the splenic artery can be preserved to feed the pancreas.
Multiple abdominal organ procurement should enable the kidneys, the liver and the whole pancreas to be removed. Simultaneous removal of the liver and pancreas depends on arterial variations. In subjects with one single hepatic artery simultaneous removal of the liver and the whole pancreas is always possible. In subjects with right hepatic artery, the whole pancreas can only be removed if the right hepatic artery and the median hepatic artery can be left to the liver transplanter and if the coeliac trunk, the common hepatic artery, the gastroduodenal artery and the splenic artery can be preserved to feed the pancreas.
