Complications and graft survival in kidney transplants with vascular variants: our experience and literature review.

Introduction: In the literature several reconstructive techniques for vascular anastomoses in case of kidney graft vascular variants are reported. This article reports our experience in kidney transplants with vascular anomalies.

Materials And Methods: Between January 1996 and June 2012, 154 cadaveric kidney transplantations were performed at our center.

Laparoscopic placement of "self-locating catheter": our experience and a review of literature.

Among the available devices for peritoneal dialysis, the Di Paolo self-locating catheter (SLC) represents a milestone using to its ability to ensure a permanent reliable means of access to the peritoneum. Our experience included 20 laparoscopic peritoneal catheter placements from 2008 to 2011. We performed the laparoscopic surgical technique using 3 trocars: 2 10 mm and 1 5 mm.