Paediatric kidney transplantation: Towards a framework for pretransplant urological evaluation.

The role of the urologist in paediatric kidney transplantation has evolved alongside advances in management for the various causes of end-stage kidney disease. Improvements in antenatal intervention and postnatal care have seen children with increasingly complex urological anomalies survive until transplant. Once solely responsible for the oversight of a child's surgical care, the paediatric urologist now works within a multidisciplinary transplant team, alongside transplant surgeons, paediatric nephrologists, transplant coordinators, psychologists, social workers, and transitional care specialists.

Single port trans-gastric reversal of high gastric reduction.

Background: Stomal stenosis is common following high gastric reduction or vertical banded gastroplasty for obesity. Open and laparoscopic approaches for reversal can be problematic due to expected adhesions from previous surgery.

Methods: A technical description of a novel approach for reversal of stomal stenosis following high gastric reduction is provided.