Open AccessEn Bloc Kidney Transplantation From Pediatric Donors: Comparable Outcomes With Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Author(s) -
Amit Sharma,
Robert A. Fisher,
Adrian Cotterell,
Anne King,
Daniel G. Maluf,
Marc P. Posner
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3182279107
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , surgery , kidney transplantation , kidney , retrospective cohort study , single center
En bloc kidneys from pediatric donors have been considered suboptimal for transplantation to adult recipients and their outcomes have rarely been compared with living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). Traditionally, there has been hesitancy in transplanting en bloc kidneys from donors weighing less than 10 kg due to high risk of technical complications.