Kidney transplant in children weighing less than 15 kg: donor selection and technical considerations.

  • Michael Neipp
  • Gisela Offner
  • Rainer Lück
  • Kay Latta
  • Jürgen Strehlau
  • Hans J Schlitt
  • Jochen H H Ehrich
  • Jürgen Klempnauer
  • Björn Nashan

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Small children represent a challenging patient group in kidney transplantation (KTx). The aim of this study was to analyze patient and donor data influencing outcome in children that weighed 12 years compared with younger donors. CONCLUSION: Despite size discrepancy between recipients and grafts, KTx is feasible in children that weigh

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number3
ISSN0041-1337
Publication statusPublished - 2002
pubmed 11884938