Evaluation of kidney transplantation programmes using system simulation.
In the case of kidney transplantations, there is always a serious imbalance between the number of kidneys donated for transplantation and the number of persons wishing to receive a transplant. This not only affects the quality of life of those unable to obtain a transplant, but it also has important repercussions on the treatment of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) by transplantation and dialysis. Also there are a number of ways in which the kidney transplantation can be achieved, such as the cadaveric kidney transplantation, live donor kidney transplantation, kidney paired donation and list exchange. A simulation study of all the referred programmes is performed using simulation models developed for each programme to obtain the better estimate of the average waiting time of a patient per year. With the estimates given by the simulation models, the best serving programme for each blood type patient is selected, declared and recommended.
Devi
S Prasanna
SP
Department of Industrial Engineering, Anna University Chennai, Chennai, India. prasannasiva11@gmail.com
Kumar
S Saravana
SS
Rao
K Suryaprakasa
KS
D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012985:Software Design; D013997:Time Factors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
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