Pontinen Thomas, Khanmoradi Kamran, Kumar Anil, Kudsi Hussam, Cheng Kung Shiang, Chewaproug Daranee, Zaki Radi, Ortiz Jorge
Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center and Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
Exp Clin Transplant. 2010 Mar;8(1):74-8.
Although the number of patients awaiting renal transplant is rapidly increasing, the donor pool has remained relatively stable. Horseshoe kidneys, a common renal fusion anomaly, can provide a useful solution to the ever increasing gap between supply and demand.
These kidneys can be transplanted, en bloc, into a single recipient or divided and transplanted into 2 recipients.
We report 2 cases of successful kidney transplants.
The first is a split horseshoe kidney, transplanted into a single recipient, and the second, a horseshoe kidney from a donor after cardiac death split and transplanted into a single recipient. The second case is the first reported case of a horseshoe kidney transplant from a donor after cardiac death. We also performed a review of the literature of horseshoe kidneys with the hope of raising awareness of the necessity and promise of such transplants.
尽管等待肾移植的患者数量在迅速增加，但供体库一直相对稳定。马蹄肾是一种常见的肾脏融合异常，可为日益扩大的供需差距提供一个有效的解决方案。
这些肾脏可以整块移植给单个受者，也可以分割后移植给2个受者。
我们报告了2例成功的肾移植病例。
第一例是将一个劈开的马蹄肾移植给单个受者，第二例是将一名心脏死亡供者的马蹄肾劈开后移植给单个受者。第二例是首例报道的心脏死亡供者马蹄肾移植病例。我们还对马蹄肾的文献进行了综述，希望提高人们对这种移植的必要性和前景的认识。
