title: Living-related kidney donation.
abstract: Living renal donation is an effective means to expand the organ donor pool and allow more transplants to be performed at greater convenience for the recipient and with greater long-term success. Risks to the recipient appear to be minimal as long as careful donor screening is employed. Living donation has been implemented in extra-renal transplantation more recently. While the experience is limited so far, living donation is likely to remain an important option for liver and lung recipients.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA. jwynn@mail.mcg.edu
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wynn
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Mulloy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jagadessan
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Humphries
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000941:ethics; D019520:Living Donors / Q000941:ethics; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects