Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2025

  • Case Report

    Successful Kidney Transplantation in an Advanced Elderly at Federal Medical Center Abuja: A Case Presentation

    Obiatuegwu Kenenna*, Aniede Ernest, Agrawal Rajesh Kumar, Olawoye Tunde, Fidelis Lovely, Bioku Muftau, Anyabolu Michael, Saad Ahmed

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2025
    Pages: 20-26
    Received: 18 June 2025
    Accepted: 30 June 2025
    Published: 23 July 2025
    DOI: 10.11648/j.wjmcr.20250603.11
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    Abstract: Background: Kidney transplantation (KTP) in elderly can be challenging with fears of mortality that is unrelated to surgery. Generally, elderly patients are defined as individuals aged 65 years and older. These group of individuals has been further subdivide unto ‘early elderly’ or ‘late elderly’. KTP is a form of stress which invariably triggers o... Show More