[Cross-over kidney transplantation in Germany].
A donor kidney exchange or cross-over program with exchange of organs between two donor-recipient pairs offers a possibility to realise living donor renal transplantation in cases of ABO-blood group incompatibility. The German transplantation law demands, in contrast to other countries, a close personal relationship between living donor and recipient. In this paper, we propose a concept based on the generation of a close personal relationship between donor-recipient pairs that allows cross-over renal donor transplantation considering the statement of the responsible medical-ethical institutions and the German transplantation law.
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Klinik für Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Essen.
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Paul
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Broelsch
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D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009769:Object Attachment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014850:Waiting Lists
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System