Acute lower limb ischemia following pediatric renal transplantation.
Live donor renal transplantation remains the best treatment option for end stage renal failure in pediatric patients (1-3). Better understanding of the hemodynamics of donor-recipient size discrepancy and advances in interventional techniques with improved surgical techniques have decreased the incidence and severity of surgical complications and enhanced graft survival (1, 2). We describe a rare complication occurring intra-operatively in a pediatric renal transplant resulting in acute limb ischemia and the surgical option taken.
Goldsmith
P J
PJ
Department of Organ Transplantation, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Fraser
S M
SM
Fitzpatrick
M
M
Scott
D J
DJ
Ahmad
N
N
D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents