Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK
 Case Report   
								
																En-Bloc Kidney Transplant Using an Aortic Extension from a Paediatric Multi-Visceral Donor to a Paediatric Recipient 
																Author(s): Sergio Assia-Zamora*, Chris Callaghan, Ioannis Loukopoulos, Martin Drage, Michael Ramage, Steve Marks, Jelena Stojanovic, Francis Calder and Nicos Kessaris             
								
																
						 Renal transplantation is the gold standard treatment for end stage kidney disease (ESKD) in children. EBKT from
  small paediatric donors under five years of age and weighing less than 20 kg can be a good option for selected
  paediatric renal transplant recipients. EBKT refers to transplantation of both kidneys from the same donor into a
  single recipient. The utilisation of these organs has a higher risk of vascular thrombosis, stenosis and ureteral leak
in children.
We present the case of a successful EBKT, which was performed with an aortic extension using a segment of
  the aortic arch since the donor operation included multivisceral donation requiring the patch of the Superior
  Mesenteric Artery (SMA). This is the first description of utilising the thoracic aorta as an extension graft for EBKT
in paediatric multivisceral donor for a paediatric recipient.
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