Good outcomes after pediatric intraperitoneal kidney transplant.
Elizabeth A GerzinaEileen D BrewerMaya GuhanJoseph D GehaAnh P HuynhDaniel O'ConorAndrew C ThorsenGail C TanKirti BhaktaKat HosekTahir H MalikChristine A O'MahonyMarielle E FaraoneKelby FullerAbbas A RanaSarah J SwartzPoyyapakkam R SrivathsNhu Thao Nguyen GalvánPublished in: Pediatric transplantation (2022)
The intraperitoneal approach offers access to the great vessels, which allows greater inflow and outflow and more abdominal capacity for an adult donor kidney, which is beneficial in very small patients. Risk of graft failure and surgical complications were not increased when compared to other published data on pediatric kidney transplants.