Living donor transplantation of a pelvic kidney

Clin Transplant. 2004 Jun;18(3):336-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00166.x.

Abstract

Pelvic kidneys are uncommon anomalies rarely utilized in kidney transplantation. We describe a successful case of living-donor transplantation using a pelvic kidney in a 17-month-old infant with congenital renal dysplasia. The recipient had exhausted all options for renal replacement therapy, and urgent transplantation was considered a life saving treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kidney / abnormalities*
  • Kidney Diseases / surgery*
  • Kidney Transplantation / methods*
  • Living Donors*
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome