A novel approach to bladder cycling for defunctionalized bladders prior to pediatric kidney transplantation: A case series

Hailey Silverii; Mark P Cain

doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2024.03.022

A novel approach to bladder cycling for defunctionalized bladders prior to pediatric kidney transplantation: A case series

J Pediatr Urol. 2024 Mar 24:S1477-5131(24)00176-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2024.03.022. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Hailey Silverii¹, Mark P Cain²

Affiliations

¹ Seattle Children's Hospital, United States; University of Washington, United States. Electronic address: haileysilverii@gmail.com.
² Seattle Children's Hospital, United States; University of Washington, United States.

PMID: 38570243
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2024.03.022

Abstract

Ensuring a safe reservoir for pediatric renal transplantation into a defunctionalized bladder is a challenge faced by urologists. We present three patients with defunctionalized bladders who initiated bladder cycling utilizing overnight continuous saline infusion via enteral feeding pump for bladder salvage and subsequent transplantation.

Keywords: Bladder cycling; Case series; Defunctionalized bladder; End stage renal disease; Kidney transplant.