[Renal transplants from anencephalic donors]

Kidney transplants are carried out as any other surgical procedure at specialized third level hospitals. For over 20 years, in Mexico, transplants have been done with kidneys originating from cadavers. Even though this has been of tremendous help, there is still a shortage of donors. Two successful cases of kidney transplants are presented where the donor was an anencephalic neonate and where segments of the aorta and vena cava were used to keep alive the kidney tissue enough for the corporal surface of a child and also that of an adult.