← brief for 2026-09-10 · Transplant & xeno

Supraceliac Aortobifemoral Bypass for Live Donor Renal Transplant

Key takeaways

Surgeons describe one patient whose main blood vessels were too diseased to accept a kidney from a living donor the usual way. They built a bypass from the upper part of the aorta, the body's main artery, down to both legs, then placed the new kidney. This is a single case, written up so other surgeons can learn from it. One case shows what is possible, not how often it succeeds or how safe it is.

Who did this work

Jack Bontekoe (University of Wisconsin–Madison) · Paul DiMusto · Riccardo Tamburrini · David Aufhäuser (University of Wisconsin–Madison) · Gretchen Schwarze (University of Wisconsin–Madison) · Victor Weiss (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-09
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2026.06.147