title: Reasons of preclusion of living-related donor renal transplants in Oman.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Renal transplant, especially from genetically related living-donors, is associated with excellent results. The security and free will of the donor are of paramount importance. A significant percentage of such transplants are not accomplished for both medical and nonmedical reasons.
  
  
  METHODS
  We looked retrospectively into the causes of nonaccomplishment of renal transplants from living-related donor transplants at our center from January 2006 through June 2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During this period, 69 and 99 potential renal transplant recipient and donors were investigated. Transplants could be performed only in 35 patients (51%). About 59% of the donors were rejected or declined. Reasons for exclusion were immunologic in 14 donors (14%). Medical and nonmedical conditions precluded donation in 35 donors (35%) and 12 donors (12%). Medical reasons consisted mainly of undiagnosed hypertension, obesity, diabetes mellitus, and renal anomalies. In the recipients, the major reason was option for transplant tourism, occurred in 11 cases (16%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A substantial number of investigated recipients and donors for living-related transplant are not accomplished. The major reasons are medical for the donor and transplant tourism for the recipient.
authors.affiliation: Royal Hospital Department of Non Communicable Diseases, Muscat, Oman. nabilmohsin@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nabil Badiee
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Mohsin
authors.forename: Abdelmessih
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Metry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018912:Arabs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D046148:Donor Selection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000208:ethnology*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D008297:Male; D057193:Medical Tourism / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009850:Oman; D012189:Retrospective Studies