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ArticleCanadian journal of kidney health and disease2023

Excellent Clinical Long-Term Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation From Small Pediatric Donors (Age ≤ 5 Years) Despite Early Hyperfiltration Injury.

Felix Burkhalter, Yvonne Holzmann, Argyrios Georgalis, Caroline Wehmeier, Patricia Hirt-Minkowski, Gideon Hoenger, Helmut Hopfer, Lorenz Guerke, Juerg Steiger, Stefan Schaub and 1 more

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Article in Canadian journal of kidney health and disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Felix BurkhalterDivision of Nephrology, University Clinic of Medicine, Kantonsspital Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6924-6525
Yvonne HolzmannDivision of Nephrology, University Clinic of Medicine, Kantonsspital Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland.
Argyrios GeorgalisTransplantation Immunology & Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Caroline WehmeierTransplantation Immunology & Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Patricia Hirt-MinkowskiTransplantation Immunology & Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Gideon HoengerTransplantation Immunology & Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Helmut HopferInstitute for Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Lorenz GuerkeDepartment of Vascular and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Juerg SteigerTransplantation Immunology & Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Stefan SchaubTransplantation Immunology & Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Patrizia AmicoTransplantation Immunology & Nephrology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Basel · CHKantonsspital Baselland · CH

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Abstract

Background: The use of small pediatric donors (age ≤ 5 years and body weight < 20kg) for adult transplant recipients is still regarded controversially in terms of early complications, long-term outcomes, and development of hyperfiltration injury due to body size mismatch. Objective: To investigate long-term outcomes of adult renal allograft recipients receiving a kidney from small pediatric donor (SPD) in terms of kidney function and early features of hyperfiltration injury such as histological changes and proteinuria. Design: Retrospective, single center study. Settings: Transplant center of the University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland. Patients: Adult renal allograft recipients receiving a kidney from a small pediatric donor at our center between 2005 and 2017. Methods: The outcome of 47 transplants from SPD were compared with 153 kidney transplants from deceased-standard criteria donors (SCD) occurring during the same time period. Incidence of clinical signs of hyperfiltration injury (eg, proteinuria) was investigated. According to our policy, surveillance biopsies were taken at 3 and 6 months post-transplant and were evaluated in terms of signs of hyperfiltration injury. Results: At a median follow-up of 2.3 years post-transplant, death-censored graft survival of SPD was comparable to transplants from SCD (94% vs 93%; Limitations: It is a single center and retrospective observational study with small sample size. The outcomes were investigated in a well-selected population of recipients with low body mass index, low immunological risk, and well-controlled hypertension and was not compared with equal selected group of recipients. Conclusions: Early histological and clinical signs of hyperfiltration injury in SPD is frequent. Despite the hyperfiltration injury, there is an equal allograft survival and even superior allograft function in SPD compared with SCD during follow-up. This observation supports the concept of high adaptive capacity of pediatric donor kidneys.

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allograft biopsybody size mismatchhyperfiltration injurysmall pediatric kidney donor

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