title: Successful transplantation of kidneys from a donor with myoglobinuric acute renal failure.
abstract: The shortage of donor organs is reflected in the growing number of patients on the waiting list for kidney transplantation worldwide. It seems to be sensible to expand the scarce donor pool by the cautious use of extended donor criteria. Kidneys from a 21-year-old deceased donor road traffic accident victim who suffered acute renal failure (ARF) due to myolysis were transplanted. Both transplantations were successful after an initial period of delayed graft function. Therefore, kidneys from deceased donors with ARF should not be excluded for transplantation in general.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany. o.thomusch@gmx.de
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Thomusch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerstenkorn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boehm
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arldt
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hopt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pisarski
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009212:Myoglobinuria / Q000150:complications*; D014019:Tissue Donors