Midterm Outcome of AB0 Incompatible Kidney Transplantation in Children and Adolescents-A Single Center Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In order to reduce the waiting time, new strategies have been developed to safely transplant donor and recipient pairs with mismatched blood groups. The present study examined the safety of the preparatory treatments and the midterm outcome of AB0 incompatible (AB0i) kidney transplantation in children.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed 10 children who received a kidney transplant from an AB0i donor from 2012 to 2024 and 30 patients matched by sex, height, and weight who received an AB0 compatible (AB0c) living kidney transplant in the same period.

Results

In the AB0i group, preparatory treatment before KTx was well tolerated. The number of rejection episodes was comparable in the AB0i group and in the AB0c group (three episodes in three patients vs. seven

SUBMITTER: Taylan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12825340 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature