SURGICAL REPAIR OF DISSECTING AORTIC ANEURYSM AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION: CASE REPORT

Mehmet Ali Özatik, Onurcan Tarcan, Levent Birincioğlu, Erol Şener, Oğuz Taşdemir

Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, Ankara

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The number of patients with renal transplantation has been increased and these patients can present with different pathologies. A patient with DeBakey type II aortic dissection was operated successfully 9 years after renal transplantation. It is important to protect myocardium, renal perfusion and spinal cord during the operation, and the right upper brachial artery cannulation is a safe method for this purpose.

Keywords : Aortic dissection, axillary artery cannulation, transplantation, spinal cord

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