OBJECTIVES: Although the number of patients awaiting renal transplant is rapidly increasing, the donor pool has remained relatively stable. Horseshoe kidneys, a common renal fusion anomaly, can provide a useful solution to the ever increasing gap between supply and demand. MATERIALS AND METHODS: These kidneys can be transplanted, en bloc, into a single recipient or divided and transplanted into 2 recipients. RESULTS: We report 2 cases of successful kidney transplants. CONCLUSIONS: The first is a split horseshoe kidney, transplanted into a single recipient, and the second, a horseshoe kidney from a donor after cardiac death split and transplanted into a single recipient. The second case is the first reported case of a horseshoe kidney transplant from a donor after cardiac death. We also performed a review of the literature of horseshoe kidneys with the hope of raising awareness of the necessity and promise of such transplants.
OBJECTIVES: Although the number of patients awaiting renal transplant is rapidly increasing, the donor pool has remained relatively stable. Horseshoe kidneys, a common renal fusion anomaly, can provide a useful solution to the ever increasing gap between supply and demand. MATERIALS AND METHODS: These kidneys can be transplanted, en bloc, into a single recipient or divided and transplanted into 2 recipients. RESULTS: We report 2 cases of successful kidney transplants. CONCLUSIONS: The first is a split horseshoe kidney, transplanted into a single recipient, and the second, a horseshoe kidney from a donor after cardiac death split and transplanted into a single recipient. The second case is the first reported case of a horseshoe kidney transplant from a donor after cardiac death. We also performed a review of the literature of horseshoe kidneys with the hope of raising awareness of the necessity and promise of such transplants.
Authors: Balázs Nemes; Zsolt Kanyári; Gergely Zádori; Lajos Zsom; Mariann Berhés; Mátyás Hamar; Krisztina Kóbor; Antal Péter Journal: Interv Med Appl Sci Date: 2015-06-11
Authors: Jaime Manuel Justo-Janeiro; Eduardo Prado Orozco; Francisco J Roberto Enríquez Reyes; René de la Rosa Paredes; Luis G Vázquez de Lara Cisneros; Alfonso Lozano Espinosa; Jesús Mier Naylor Journal: Int J Surg Case Rep Date: 2015-08-12