How do they “hook up” my new kidney?

There are three “hook ups”:

1. Renal artery

2. Renal vein

3. Ureter

The renal artery from your donor is sewn into your iliac artery (Figure 2). The renal vein from your donor kidney is sewn into the iliac vein. The ureter (the tube from the kidney to the bladder that carries the urine) from your donor is sewn into your bladder.