Kidney transplantation from a living donor to a mentally disabled recipient with bilateral angiomyolipomas—A case report

ConclusionWe presented a successful kidney transplant in a mentally disabled person, clinical and ethical justifications for such a procedure, and a four-year post-transplant evaluation. Furthermore, in our opinion, renal transplantation in the mentally challenged needs to be referred to in literature exclusively as a relative contraindication instead of an absolute one, as has been practiced to date. This would facilitate transplantation teams deciding on kidney transplantation in mentally incapacitated individuals.
Source: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports - Category: Surgery Source Type: research