[Anesthetic management of pediatric renal transplantation: a review of 15 cases under the age of 10 years].

Background: In pediatric renal transplantation, an adult kidney is transplanted to a small child and it may cause severe cardiovascular insufficiency.

Methods: The anesthetic management of 15 pediatric recipients younger than 10 years, undergoing living-related renal transplantation were analyzed retrospectively.

Results: Before the operation, 3 of 15 patients were receiving hemodialysis, and the others were receiving peritoneal dialysis.