Ischemic Colitis after Simultaneous Kidney Transplantation and Replacement of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm by Fresh Arterial Graft.

Fresh arterial grafts, obtained during multiorgan harvests, enlarge treatment possibilities of patients suffering both lower extremities ischemic occlusive desease and end stage kidney desease. Since 1998 untill 2002 researchers performed five simultaneous abdominal aorta aneurysm reconstructions with fresh arterial grafts and cadaveric kidney transplantations. The surgical procedure as well as the postoperative flow in four of the patiens was with no serious complications. This rare postoperative complication which has required close co-operation of surgeons, anesthesiologists and nephrologists, as well as the one year follow up of the patient, is described in the study.