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Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant in two children with hemolytic-uremic syndrome
M R Bendel-Stenzel1, C E Kashtan, D E Sutherland
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, USA.
Pediatric Nephrology (Berlin, Germany)
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation has rarely been performed in the pediatric population. This report describes successful SPK transplantation in a 12-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy with renal and pancreatic insufficiency secondary to postdiarrheal hemolytic-uremic syndrome. All reported cases of pediatric SPK transplantation are reviewed. SPK transplantation is a feasible option in selected pediatric patients with combined pancreatic and renal insufficiency.