Kidney transplantation: the use of abnormal kidneys.
We transplanted 6 anatomically abnormal kidneys: a horseshoe kidney that after division was transplanted into 2 recipients; 1 kidney with ureteral stones and hydronephrosis; 1 ectopic and 1 hydronephrotic kidney; 2 kidneys with extensive ureteric lesions, donated as free organs. All these kidneys ultimately had normal function in the recipients, long-term in 4.2 patients died but in neither was the death caused by the renal abnormality.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000473:pathology; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000473:pathology