title: Outcome of the living kidney donor.
abstract: Renal transplantation from living kidney donors is still relatively marginal in most of the European countries. However, this source of kidney grafts may help to overcome in part the organ donor shortage of cadaveric donors. The living donor strategy implies correct and objective information about donation risks and completely free acceptance of the living candidate of the donation. In this paper, we reviewed the consequences of kidney donation on the living donor health, considering very short term (linked to the surgery), short term (effect of nephrectomy on glomerular filtration rate) and long term (risk of mortality, chronic kidney disease, proteinuria and hypertension) consequences of kidney donation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, University of Liêge, CHU Sart Tilman, Liêge, Belgium. pierre_delanaye@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delanaye
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weekers
authors.forename: Bernard E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cavalier
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Detry
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Squifflet
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Krzesinski
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting