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Year : 2010 | Volume
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Partial siamese twin as potential organ donor
Rakesh Kapoor1, Ruchir Maheshwari1, Aneesh Srivastava1, Raj K Sharma2
1 Department of Urology,Center of Renal Sciences, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow – 226 014, India 2 Department of Nephrology, Center of Renal Sciences, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow – 226 014, India
Correspondence Address:
Rakesh Kapoor Department of Urology,Center of Renal Sciences, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow – 226 014 India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.65406
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During evaluation of a partial Siamese twin for removal of nonviable parasitic part in an 8-year-old male child, a fully functional kidney was found. The functional status of the extra kidney was found to be within acceptable limits for the purpose of transplant, which was subsequently done in a 24-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease. The recipient is healthy 19 months after the surgery. The possibility of using organs from a partial Siamese twin makes this a unique case report. |
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