25 years of live related renal transplantation in children: The Buenos Aires experience

The number of pediatric patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) has been steadily growing during the last 10 years all over the world, because of the improvement of medical and surgical treatment of severe urologic malformations and congenital and acquired nephrological disorders. Kidney transp...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Ruiz, Jorge Ferraris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2007-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.indianjurol.com/article.asp?issn=0970-1591;year=2007;volume=23;issue=4;spage=443;epage=451;aulast=Ruiz
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spelling doaj-1de813029e9c4defbf5e48114921e7102020-11-24T23:39:35ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Urology0970-15911998-38242007-01-0123444345110.4103/0970-1591.3672025 years of live related renal transplantation in children: The Buenos Aires experienceEduardo RuizJorge FerrarisThe number of pediatric patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) has been steadily growing during the last 10 years all over the world, because of the improvement of medical and surgical treatment of severe urologic malformations and congenital and acquired nephrological disorders. Kidney transplantation (Tx) with a live related donor continues to be the gold standard therapy to treat ESRD in children because of the best final results, the chronic lack of cadaveric donors and the frequent possibility of young patients to have parents or relatives as a source of a potential graft donor. Nowadays almost every pediatric patient can be dialyzed and transplanted, even early in life, if he or she has the possibility of a live related donor. Improvements in pediatric anesthesiology and intensive care have also been very important, in reducing the morbidity and mortality related to Tx procedures. Here we report our experience with Tx for the last 25 years, specially our long experience of live related donor transplantation in children and adolescents with emphasis on technical issues in small children and pediatric patients with severe urologic malformations and bladder dysfunction. We′ll make special considerations on the improvement in short and long follow-up with the actual prevention and treatment of graft rejection, due to the new immunosuppressive agents and protocols.http://www.indianjurol.com/article.asp?issn=0970-1591;year=2007;volume=23;issue=4;spage=443;epage=451;aulast=RuizKidney transplantationlive related donorpediatric
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25 years of live related renal transplantation in children: The Buenos Aires experience
Indian Journal of Urology
Kidney transplantation
live related donor
pediatric
author_facet Eduardo Ruiz
Jorge Ferraris
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title 25 years of live related renal transplantation in children: The Buenos Aires experience
title_short 25 years of live related renal transplantation in children: The Buenos Aires experience
title_full 25 years of live related renal transplantation in children: The Buenos Aires experience
title_fullStr 25 years of live related renal transplantation in children: The Buenos Aires experience
title_full_unstemmed 25 years of live related renal transplantation in children: The Buenos Aires experience
title_sort 25 years of live related renal transplantation in children: the buenos aires experience
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Urology
issn 0970-1591
1998-3824
publishDate 2007-01-01
description The number of pediatric patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) has been steadily growing during the last 10 years all over the world, because of the improvement of medical and surgical treatment of severe urologic malformations and congenital and acquired nephrological disorders. Kidney transplantation (Tx) with a live related donor continues to be the gold standard therapy to treat ESRD in children because of the best final results, the chronic lack of cadaveric donors and the frequent possibility of young patients to have parents or relatives as a source of a potential graft donor. Nowadays almost every pediatric patient can be dialyzed and transplanted, even early in life, if he or she has the possibility of a live related donor. Improvements in pediatric anesthesiology and intensive care have also been very important, in reducing the morbidity and mortality related to Tx procedures. Here we report our experience with Tx for the last 25 years, specially our long experience of live related donor transplantation in children and adolescents with emphasis on technical issues in small children and pediatric patients with severe urologic malformations and bladder dysfunction. We′ll make special considerations on the improvement in short and long follow-up with the actual prevention and treatment of graft rejection, due to the new immunosuppressive agents and protocols.
topic Kidney transplantation
live related donor
pediatric
url http://www.indianjurol.com/article.asp?issn=0970-1591;year=2007;volume=23;issue=4;spage=443;epage=451;aulast=Ruiz
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