Pearls and Pitfalls in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation After 5 Decades.

ABSTRACT: Worldwide, over 1,300 pediatric kidney transplantations are performed every year. Since the first transplantation in 1959, healthcare has evolved dramatically. Pre-emptive transplantations with grafts from living donors have become more common. Despite a subsequent improvement in graft survival, there are still challenges to face. This study attempts to summarize how our understanding of pediatric kidney transplantation has developed and improved since its beginnings, whilst also highlighting those areas where future research should concentrate in order to help resolve as yet unanswered questions. Existing literature was compared to our own data of 411 single-center pediatric kidney transplantations between 1968 and 2020, in order to find discrepancies and allow identification of future ch

SUBMITTER: Oomen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9024248 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature