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Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 167-169 |
Successful en bloc transplantation of pediatric deceased donor kidneys with grade 1 injury
P Modi, SJ Rizvi, HL Trivedi
Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G R Doshi and K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr. H. L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, India
Correspondence Address:
P Modi Department of Urology and Transplantation Surgery, Smt. G. R. Doshi and K. M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr. H. L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, Ahmedabad - 380 016, Gujarat India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.59341
Kidney transplantation from deceased donors is in its infancy in India. Marginal donors are now accepted by many centers for kidney transplantation. We report a case of procurement of en bloc kidneys from a pediatric deceased donor having grade 1 renal injury and transplanted to an adult recipient with a follow up of two years and five months.
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