Journal of Vascular Medicine & Surgery

Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK

Biography

Francis trained in transplant, laparoscopic and vascular access surgery at Guy's and St George's Hospitals in London. He was appointed a consultant at Guy's and St Thomas', Kings College and Great Ormond Street Hospitals in 2005. He is a member of the court of examiners of RCS England.

Publications

• Case Report   
  En-Bloc Kidney Transplant Using an Aortic Extension from a Paediatric Multi-Visceral Donor to a Paediatric Recipient
  Author(s): Sergio Assia-Zamora*, Chris Callaghan, Ioannis Loukopoulos, Martin Drage, Michael Ramage, Steve Marks, Jelena Stojanovic, Francis Calder and Nicos Kessaris
  
  Renal transplantation is the gold standard treatment for end stage kidney disease (ESKD) in children. EBKT from small paediatric donors under five years of age and weighing less than 20 kg can be a good option for selected paediatric renal transplant recipients. EBKT refers to transplantation of both kidneys from the same donor into a single recipient. The utilisation of these organs has a higher risk of vascular thrombosis, stenosis and ureteral leak in children. We present the case of a successful EBKT, which was performed with an aortic extension using a segment of the aortic arch since the donor operation included multivisceral donation requiring the patch of the Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA). This is the first description of utilising the thoracic aorta as an extension graft for EBKT in paediatric multivisceral donor for a paediatric recipient. .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-6925.21.9.408

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