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What is a Paired Kidney Donation?
What is a Paired Kidney Donation?
Paired kidney exchange facilitates successful transplants for patients with incompatible living donors. It creates a pool of donor-recipient pairs where incompatible matches are swapped. This allows each recipient to receive a highly compatible kidney from another donor in the program, maximizing transplant success rates while honoring the original donor's generous intent.
Who can benefit from a Paired Kidney Donation?
Who can benefit from a Paired Kidney Donation?
Anyone waiting for a kidney transplant with a willing but incompatible living donor is a potential candidate for kidney paired donation.
Incompatibility can be due to blood type, antibody levels, or other medical reasons.
What are the success rates of kidney transplants through paired donation?
What are the success rates of kidney transplants through paired donation?
Success rates for kidney transplants through paired donation are generally excellent and comparable to traditional living donor transplants. Long-term graft function (how well the transplanted kidney works) can even be better with a more compatible match found through paired donation.
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