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Recipient efficacy and safety of kidney transplantation from older living donor: consideration for using older kidney as a solution to the shortage of organs

Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2021
Background : As a solution to organ shortages, studies on kidney transplantation (KT) from older donors are being conducted. However, many controversies remain about its safety and efficacy.
Ji Yeon Song, Kyo Won Lee, Kyunga Kim, Kyeong Deok Kim, Jaehun Yang, Ji Eun Kwon, Okjoo Lee, Jae Berm Park   +7 more
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An international comparison of deceased and living organ donation/transplant rates in opt-in and opt-out systems: a panel study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Policy decisions about opt-in and opt-out consent for organ donation are based on limited evidence. To fill this gap we investigated the difference between deceased and living organ donation rates in opt-in and opt-out consent systems across ...
Ronan E O’Carroll, Eamonn Ferguson, Shepherd, Lee, O’Carroll, Ronan E, Ferguson, Eamonn, O'Carroll, Ronan, Lee Shepherd   +6 more
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The Non-Muscle-Splitting Mini-Incision Donor Nephrectomy Remains a Feasible Technique in the Laparoscopic Era of Living Kidney Donation [PDF]

, 2022
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) is the current gold standard in kidney donation. Mini-incision open donor nephrectomy (MINI) techniques have been used extensively but have become less popular.
Andries E. Braat, Koen E. A. van der Bogt, Ada Haasnoot, Dorottya. K. de Vries, Ian P. J. Alwayn, Hwai-Ding Lam, Danny van der Helm, Willemijn N. Nijboer, Aiko P. J. de Vries, Alexander F. M. Schaapherder, Volkert A. L. Huurman, Khalil Ramdhani, Jeroen Nieuwenhuizen, Lex J. M. Habets, Jeroen Dubbeld, Andrzej G. Baranski   +15 more
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Making sense of risk. Donor risk communication in families considering living liver donation to a child [PDF]

, 2009
This paper contributes to the growing line of thought in bioethics that respect for autonomy should not be equated to the facilitation of individualistic self determination through standard requirements of informed consent in all healthcare contexts. The
Verkerk, M., Marian Verkerk, Verkerk, Marian, Mare Knibbe, Knibbe, M., Knibbe, Mare   +5 more
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Toward a conceptualization of the content of psychosocial screening in living organ donors. An ethical legal psychological aspects of transplantation consensus [PDF]

, 2015
Across Europe, transplant centers vary in the content of the psychosocial evaluation for eligible living organ donors. To identify whether a common framework underlies this variation in this evaluation, we studied which psychosocial screening items are ...
ELPAT Psychological Care for Living Donors, Poppe, C, El Enin, H, Jung, H, Zuidema, W.c., Papachristou, C, Ismail, Sy, Timmerman, L, Busschbach, Jj, Mladenovska, D, Luchtenburg, A, Dor, F, Weimar, W, Fryda, P, Dobbels, F, Ballasté, C, Recipients Working G.r.o.u.p. Aujoulat I, BRUZZONE, Paolo, Frunza, M, Van Gogh, J, Hernández, At, van Assche, K, Codreanu, I, Massey, Ek, O'Carrol, R, Duerinckx, N, Lennerling, A, Randhawa, G, Alqurashi, M, van der Knoop, Mm, Ivanonvski, N, Recipients Working GroupAujoulat, ELPAT Psychological Care for Living Donors, Sharma, S, Warrens, An   +33 more
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Ethics of Liver Transplantation With Living Donors [PDF]

, 1989
Singer and six University of Chicago physicians describe their approach to the unique ethical aspects of liver transplantation with parents as living donors.
Singer, Peter A., Whitington, Peter F., Siegler, Mark, Lantos, John D.   +3 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on the number of transplants performed in Brazil during the pandemic. Current situation

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2021
The intense use of resources to combat COVID-19 causes concern in the entire transplant community because, in addition to physical limitations such as ICU beds, lack of homogeneous treatment protocols and uncertainties about the effects of ...
MARCELO AUGUSTO FONTENELLE RIBEIRO JUNIOR, CASSIA TIENI KAWASE COSTA, PAOLA REZENDE NÉDER, ISABELLA DE ALMEIDA AVEIRO, YASMIN GARCIA BATISTA ELIAS, SAMARA DE SOUZA AUGUSTO   +5 more
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Considering adult living donor liver transplantation: a qualitative study of patients and their potential donors [PDF]

, 2010
In April 2006, the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit became the first NHS transplant unit in the UK to offer adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT). However, within the first 21 months of its availability, no patients on the transplant waiting list
McGregor, Lesley M, Hayes, Peter C, Forsythe, John R, Swanson, Vivien, O'Carroll, Ronan   +4 more
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor

Journal of Transplantation, 2012
Due to organ shortage and difficulties for availability of cadaveric donors, living donor transplantation is an important choice for having allograft.
Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz
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Hypertension, cardiovascular disease and cause of death in Danish living kidney donors: matched cohort study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives We aimed to investigate the long-term absolute risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease after kidney donation in living kidney donors.Design Living kidney donors were matched to 10 controls from the general population.Setting Multiple ...
Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Køber, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason, Emil Loldrup Fosbøl, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Mavish Chaudry   +5 more
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