STRATEGIES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANTATION OF THE HORSESHOE KIDNEY

Horseshoe kidney is probably the most common renal fusion anomaly. Hor seshoe kidneys have been successfully transplanted en bloc into a sing le recipient or, alternatively, they have been divided and implanted i nto 2 patients. Despite these facts the use of horseshoe kidney allogr afts for transplantation is rare. We report a case of the successful t ransplantation of an en bloc horseshoe kidney into a single recipient. The evaluation of fused kidneys for transplantation, technical consid erations and previously reported cases are discussed.