We conducted a 14-year retrospective chart review of all
pediatric patients started on chronic hemodialysis from 1997
to 2011 at Sainte Justine Hospital (CHU Sainte-Justine) in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Data were extracted from a local
database registry containing information on all consecutive
patients in the hemodialysis program, including demographics,
VA type, listing for renal transplant, and wait time
to transplant. The study was approved by the Sainte-Justine
Research Ethics Board