title: Living kidney donation following nephrectomy due to pelviureteric junction obstruction.
abstract: A 49-year-old man presented with a 15-year history of problematic pelviureteric junction obstruction of his left kidney. Surgical management had failed to sufficiently control his symptoms and he was keen to have the kidney removed. Following preoperative discussion, the patient consented to his kidney being used for transplant. Following a total nephrectomy, the kidney was successfully transplanted into a 61-year-old woman, with a cold ischaemic time of 3 h and 22 min. There was primary function in the transplanted kidney and creatinine at 6 weeks was 60. This case highlights the potential for using organs with pelviureteric junction obstruction for living donor transplant and thereby expanding the donor pool.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Soukup
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplant, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cranston
mesh_terms: D003404:Creatinine; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine