title: Kidney paired donation and its potential impact on transplantation.
abstract: This article updates the unique opportunities available to kidney transplant candidates through kidney paired donation (KPD). KPD enables kidney transplant candidates with willing but incompatible living donors to enroll in a registry of other incompatible pairs to find a compatible transplant. Because of the ongoing shortage of deceased donor organs, KPD represents the most promising opportunity to increase the number of kidneys available for transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Transplant Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, Box 98, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Meredith J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Aull
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapur
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012042:Registries; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014850:Waiting Lists
keywords: Altruistic donor; Desensitization; Incompatible; Kidney exchange; Living donor kidney transplantation; Nondirected donor; Paired donation