Abstract
Kidney transplantation is a life-saving therapy for children with end-stage renal disease. Several important factors impact the technical aspect of the procedure for children. Their blood vessels are smaller in caliber, making technique an even more critical part of a successful transplant procedure. Discrepancies between the sizes of the donor kidney, which often comes from an adult, into a small pediatric recipient can necessitate substantial modifications to the procedure. Additionally, children with obstructive uropathies can have smaller bladders and conduits, making ureteral implantation more challenging. Despite all of these aspects, renal transplantation is a life-saving operation that allows children with end-stage renal disease to live a higher-quality life than they could expect with dialysis. These patients can be hopeful of graft function in excess of 20 years.
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Baumgarten, H.D., Dunn, S.P., Rasmussen, S.K. (2018). Pediatric Transplantation. In: Ramirez, C., McCauley, J. (eds) Contemporary Kidney Transplantation. Organ and Tissue Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14779-6_28-1
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