En-Bloc Pediatric Kidney Transplant to Adult Recipient with Two Different Ureterovesical Anastomosis Techniques

Am J Case Rep. 2019 Apr 14:20:517-521. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.914290.

Abstract

BACKGROUND En-bloc kidney transplantation from a small pediatric donor to an adult recipient has become more common owing to the shortage of deceased donor kidneys. In pediatric en-bloc kidney transplantation, ureterovesical anastomosis can be done either via ureteroneocystostomy or via partial bladder wall transplantation. We report 2 cases of en bloc kidney transplantation from a pediatric deceased donor to an adult recipient using different ureterovesical anastomosis methods and the long-term outcomes. CASE REPORT Two pediatric en-bloc kidney transplantations to adult recipients were performed at our center. One case used a graft bladder segment from a 5-month-old male donor that was transplanted to a 45-year-old adult male recipient using the bladder patch technique and one case used 4-year-old male donor kidneys transplanted to a 54-year-old adult male recipient via ureteroneocystostomy with ureteroplasty for ureterovesical anastomosis. Both recipients have shown normal renal function and normal voiding, without urinary complications, such as vesico-ureteral reflux and ureter stricture, during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS These 2 case reports suggest that using small pediatric en-bloc kidneys would be a viable option to overcome the increasing shortage of donor kidneys for transplantation regardless of the method of ureterovesical anastomosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anastomosis, Surgical / methods*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kidney Transplantation / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ureter / surgery*
  • Urinary Bladder / surgery*