title: [Cross-over kidney transplantation in Germany].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Essen.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Witzke
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pietruck
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Broelsch
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Philipp
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System