[Kidney transplantation in pediatric patients : 18-year experience at Hotel-Dieu de France]

ABSTRACT

Introduction: During the period from September 1993 to March 2011, 79 kidney transplants in children and adolescents less than 18 years old were performed in our department; fifty-six in the familial group and 13 in the cadaveric group. We report in this study immunosuppression protocols, medical and surgical complications [including rejection episodes], graft and patient survival