[Pediatric kidney transplantation and living donors--invaluable by virtue of necessity].

Unlabelled: Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for paediatric patients with end-stage renal failure. Living donor transplantation (LDT) has become an important therapeutic option due to the shortage of cadaver donors and increasingly long waiting times.

Methods: Between 1992 and 1999, a total of 48 paediatric and adolescent patients underwent renal transplantation in Zurich.