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  • Title: End-stage renal failure in children younger than 6 years: renal transplantation is the therapy of choice.
    Author: Vester U, Offner G, Hoyer PF, Oldhafer K, Fangmann J, Pichlmayr R, Brodehl J.
    Journal: Eur J Pediatr; 1998 Mar; 157(3):239-42. PubMed ID: 9537493.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: Between 1975 and 1994, 46 children under 6 years of age received a total of 52 renal transplants. Obstructive uropathy and dysplasia accounted for most causes of terminal renal failure (17 and 12 cases respectively). Four patients required a second, 1 patient a third transplantation. Cadaveric organs were used on 33 occasions; 19 patients received a living-related donor kidney. Immunosuppression was performed with azathioprine in 5, with cyclosporine A in 21 and combined azathioprine/cyclosporine therapy in 20 cases. After 1 year, graft survival was 81%, and after 5 years 78%. Creatinine clearance declined slightly between 1 and 5 years from 69 to 56 ml/min per 1.73 m2. Main causes of graft failure were thrombotic complications in 6 cases and death with functioning graft in 5 cases. Graft thrombosis occurred only in grafts from young donors under the age of 7 years and after vascular anastomosis to the iliac vessels. Only two transplants were lost in rejection episodes. Patient survival was 94% after 1 and 90% after 5 years. Two patients died due to septiacemia, 1 died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, 1 of cerebral ischaemia and 1 suddenly of unknown cause. Patient and graft survival was not different compared with 204 patients aged 6-16 years who received a renal transplantation during the same time period at our institution. After transplantation the patients receiving cyclosporine A showed a marked catch-up growth in the 1st year. The median standard deviation score (SDS) of body length improved from -2.63 to -1.39 standard deviations. CONCLUSION: Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice in end-stage renal failure in children under 6 years.
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