title: Outcome of cadaver kidney transplantation in small children.
abstract: Small children have often been reported to have poor outcome after kidney transplantation (KT). Recent reports from North America have shown that the use of living-related donors improves patient and graft survival. We report the experience in one centre of primary cadaveric KT using sequential immunosuppression in nine children aged 8-30 months and weighing 5.4-9.8 kg; donors were 0.7-12.3 years old. Four patients had pre-emptive KT and the other five were on peritoneal dialysis; the mean +/- SD waiting time was 2.0 +/- 2.4 months. Perioperative care has been published previously. The surgical approach was intraperitoneal if the aorta and vena cava were used (n = 7) and extraperitoneal for common iliac vessels anastomosis (n = 2); the duration of surgery was 3.5 +/- 0.9 h and the time for vascular anastomosis was 32 +/- 6 min. The recipients received ATG, azathioprine, prednisone and delayed administration of cyclosporin A. The patients were followed for 12-98 (median 41) months and showed good graft function (inulin clearance 63-100 ml/min/1.73 m2); only one child with recurrent haemolytic uraemic syndrome lost his graft three months post-transplantation and died after he had received a second graft. None of the recipients required post-transplant dialysis; arterial hypertension involved four children and was related to graft artery stenosis in two. Growth improved by 0.24 +/- 0.48 SD score of height per year.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Unité de Néphrologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cochat
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castelo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glastre
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stamm
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lavocat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hadj-Aïssa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lyonnet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Floret
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007223:Infant; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome