Journal of Transplant Surgery

Letter to the Editor Pages 87-88

Multiple Arteries in the Renal Transplant

Authors: Gioacchino Li Cavoli, Saverio Matranga, Andrea Macaluso, Antonio Amato, Vitalba Azzolina and Angelo Tralongo

Abstract: In renal vascular anatomy, compared to the regular presence of the main renal artery, one or more additional renal arteries unilaterally or bilaterally are the commonest arterial anatomical variation of the kidneys. The influence of multiple renal arteries (MRA) graft on the vascular transplant and the clinical outcome is not well established. Contradictory results have been reported if the use of kidney allografts with MRA adversely affects post-transplant graft and patient outcome or increases the incidence of vascular and urologic complications compared with the use of grafts with a single renal artery (SRA). In 2007 Gawish and coll., reported their

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