Лого Српског лекарског друштва

Часопис Српског лекарског друштва

Српски архив за целокупно лекарство

Serbian Archives of Medicine

еКорпус – библиографски запис

En bloc paired cadaveric renal transplantation from an 18-month-old infant as a donor to an adult recipient – case report and literature review

En bloc кадаверична трансплантација два бубрега са детета старости 18 месеци као даваоца на одраслог примаоца – приказ случаја и преглед литературе

Aleksandar Tomić; Ivan Marjanović; Saša Micković

Часопис
Serbian Archives of Medicine
Објављено
Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2018;146(5–6):309–311.
Врста рада
CASE REPORTS

Abstract

Introduction Even in the modern era of kidney transplantation, the use of small grafts from pediatric cadaver donors remains controversial. This kind of transplantation is rare and, to date, limited data are presented. Major problems with infant kidney transplantation are difficulties in performing vascular anastomosis, vasospasm, renal vein thrombosis, and small infant kidneys with poor venous runoff. However, en bloc infant kidney transplantation could resolve this problems.

Case outline We report on transplantation of en bloc cadaver kidneys from an 18-month-old infant. The transplant recipient was a 32-year-old male, with a body weight of 65 kg. Abdominal ultrasonography showed kidneys growing, and no hydronephrosis, perirenal, or retroperitoneal collections were seen.

Conclusion Transplantation of infantile kidneys en bloc in our adult recipient provided good results. The follow-up will show the final effect.

Keywords: kidney transplantation, methods; dual kidney transplant; pediatric kidney donor; patient selection