Successful Urgent Transplantation of an Adult Kidney into a Child with Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis Stevens RB et al. - In surgery, the right liver lobe was mobilized sufficiently to anastomose the graft renal vein to the native IVC at the confluence of the native left renal vein and proximal vena cava. Graft function has remained excellent with serum creatinine of 0.5 mg/dL at 36 months. IVC thrombosis need not preclude successful transplantation of adult-sized kidneys into children. [more...]
