Paediatric non-heart-beating renal transplantation.
Expanding donor numbers for paediatric transplantation is an urgent, difficult issue. The use of non-heart-beating donor renal transplants has seen a revival in adult practice, with encouraging results. The authors present the first two cases in the UK of paediatric renal transplant from non-heart-beating donors.
Edwards
Anusha G
AG
Department of Surgery, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK. dr_ag_edwards@yahoo.com
McCarthy
Hugh
H
Morgan
Justin D
JD
Saleem
Moin A
MA
D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods