Horseshoe kidneys: an underutilized resource in kidney transplant.

Objectives: Although the number of patients awaiting renal transplant is rapidly increasing, the donor pool has remained relatively stable. Horseshoe kidneys, a common renal fusion anomaly, can provide a useful solution to the ever increasing gap between supply and demand.

Materials And Methods: These kidneys can be transplanted, en bloc, into a single recipient or divided and transplanted into 2 recipients.