title: Horseshoe kidney for transplant: report of 3 cases.
abstract: Owing to the limited donor pool at transplant centers, grafts may be taken from marginal donors with congenital abnormalities, one of the most common of which is a fusion abnormality. Horseshoe kidneys may be transplanted to a single recipient en bloc or to 2 recipients after division. In our clinic, 3 grafts (1 obtained from a living donor and 2 from a deceased donor) were successfully transplanted to 3 patients. In select patients, horseshoe kidneys may be used for transplant.
authors.affiliation: Akdeniz University Transplantation Center, Antalya, Turkey. adinckan@akdeniz.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dinckan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tekin
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turkyilmaz
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.forename: Alihan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gurkan
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirbas
authors.forename: Seyed Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Malek-Hosseini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014019:Tissue Donors