Sarah J Pol, Enid K Selkirk, Alameen Damer, Istvan Mucsi, Susan Abbey, Beth Edwards, Kenneth Fung, Jagbir Gill, Paula Neves, Suk Yin Ng, Rulan S Parekh, Linda Wright, Minglin Wu, Samantha J Anthony
BACKGROUND: As of 2021, more than 6000 children and youth in Canada were living with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), for which kidney transplantation is considered the preferred treatment by health professionals. Research shows that living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) has superior allograft and recipient survival compared to deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT). However, in a pediatric setting, the choice of LDKT or DDKT is a summative consideration of factors weighed carefully by the patient's family, health care team, and patient...
2024: Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease