AORTO-RENAL BYPASS WITH A BRANCHED SAPHENOUS-VEIN GRAFT FOR RENAL-ARTERY DISEASE EXTENDING INTO THE BRANCHES

Abstract

Improved vascular reconstructive techniques now enable renal revascularization in patients with extensive renovascular disease. Patients [2] are reported who underwent aortorenal bypass with a branched saphenous vein graft for disease involving the main renal artery and its major segmental branches. This technique represents an excellent means of achieving successful renal revascularization in some patients with branch renal artery disease.