Microsurgical blood vessel reconstruction in kidney transplantation

: Of 214 donor kidney transplants, 14.5% exhibited multiple arterial supply, 2.8%, injuries to vessels, and 1.8%, severance of the polar vessel. Microsurgical procedures were used on 14 of these kidneys; 11 functioned immediately, so that the patients could be discharged. Techniques of anastomosis using an operating microscope or magnifying spectacles are described.