ABSTRACT
Kidney transplants are carried out as any other surgical procedure at specialized third level hospitals. For over 20 years, in Mexico, transplants have been done with kidneys originating from cadavers. Even though this has been of tremendous help, there is still a shortage of donors. Two successful cases of kidney transplants are presented where the donor was an anencephalic neonate and where segments of the aorta and vena cava were used to keep alive the kidney tissue enough for the corporal surface of a child and also that of an adult.
Subject(s)
Anencephaly/surgery , Kidney Transplantation , Child , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Tissue DonorsSubject(s)
Duodenal Obstruction/congenital , Intestinal Atresia/complications , Mediastinal Emphysema/etiology , Pneumothorax/complications , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Mediastinal Emphysema/diagnostic imaging , Pneumothorax/diagnosis , Radiography , Stomach Rupture/diagnosisABSTRACT
El objetivo de esta comunicacion es el de discribir un neonato con la asociacion de neumoperitoneo (NP) de origen pulmonar coincidiendo con atresia de duodeno, asi como la revision de la fisiopatogenia los elementos del diagnostico y el tratamiento del mismo. El NP se penso que era secundario a ruptura de viscera hueca debido a que se produjo disminucion radiologica del aire en camara gastrica, asi como por la presencia de la atresia duodenal, que impidio evaluar la ausencia de niveles hidroaereos en intestino y liquido libre en peritoneo, datos que corresponden a perforacion intestinal. El NP fue secundario a neumotorax con probable diseccion del aire por las vainas perivasculares de la aorta o la cava con paso en el hiato difragmatico al peritoneo. Finalmente, se senalan los elementos para el diagnostico preciso, asi como la terapeutica