Inferior epigastric artery cuff interposition for short renal artery in living-donor kidney transplantation: A case report and review of literature

Figure 4 The recipient’s inferior epigastric artery was carefully dissected, opened longitudinally, and molded over a syringe to preserve its cylindric shape, thereby creating a vascular cuff for extension and anastomosis with the donor’s renal artery. A: Longitudinal incision of the epigastric artery; B: Molding of the epigastric artery transversally over the syringe; C: Creation of the vascular cuff using a continuous suture.