En bloc transplantation of a horseshoe kidney from a high risk multi-organ donor: case report and review of the literature.
We report on the successful en bloc transplantation of a horseshoe kidney from an elderly, hypertensive multiple organ donor. To our knowledge the use of a horseshoe kidney from a multiple organ donor has not been reported previously.
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-2360.
J A
JA
Lowell
R J
RJ
Taylor
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M
Cattral
J S
JS
Bynon
D C
DC
Brennan
R J
RJ
Stratta
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors