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Horseshoe kidney. The red arrow points to the accessory artery feeding the bridge of the horseshoe kidney. The indicated artery was ligated during back-table preparation of the kidneys.
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The fusion of the lower poles measured 8 mm in thickness and 3 cm in diameter (Figure 1).
Divided kidneys. The cut ends were oversewn with pledgeted no. 1 Vicryl sutures in preparation for transplantation of the two kidneys into recipient patients.
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The kidney was divided at the parenchymal bridge and oversewn with pledgeted no. 1 Vicryl sutures on the back table (Figure 2).
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Donor CT scan. This image from the prerecovery donor CT scan shows the bridge of the horseshoe kidney and the inferior most portion of the collecting system noted on CT scan.
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This area corresponded to the most inferior extent of the collecting system noted on the prerecovery donor CT scan (Figure 3).