Overview
- Surgeons at Hospital Garrahan performed simultaneous kidney transplants on 14-year-old twins Mayra and Daiana using kidneys from a single cadaveric donor on April 16.
- The operation used two operating rooms and two full surgical teams of about 20 professionals working in parallel, and both girls showed immediate urine output after the procedures.
- Both patients have autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and were referred to Garrahan last August before being placed on the national transplant waiting list in December to seek transplantation before dialysis.
- The twins had uncomplicated early recoveries, were discharged after favorable postoperative courses and remain under regular outpatient follow-up with post-transplant care.
- Hospital officials said the case—which involved organ allocation through Incucai and transport of the kidneys from La Plata—underscores Garrahan’s effort to expedite preemptive transplants and reflects the centre’s broader transplant capacity following 55 renal transplants in 2025.