The use of long-term defunctionalized bladder in renal transplantation: is it safe?
Small defunctionalized bladders can be used in kidney transplantation, but it may represent an increased surgical risk due to difficulty in performing ureteral reimplantation.
In case of the patients younger than 18 years, the survival rates are more favorable by using pediatric regimens, so these patients might have a benefit if they are treated in pediatric institutes.