Living kidney donation is increasing because of prolonged waiting times on the transplant
list, as well as improved outcomes for recipients. In 2001, the number of living donors …

The first successful living-donor kidney transplant was performed 50 yr ago. Since then, in a
relatively brief period of medical history, living kidney transplantation has become the …

As the number of living kidney donations in the United States increases, it is important to
continue to assess the manner in which potential living donors are evaluated and selected …

Living kidney donation continues as the cornerstone of transplantation. In order to determine
with ever-renewing assurance that living donation is safe for the donor, we need to …

The need to evaluate potential living kidney donors is more pressing than ever before.
Evaluating the potential medical risks to individual donors presents both medical and ethical …

There is a desperate need for kidney donors. Twenty-five years ago, we urged more
widespread acceptance of unrelated living donors for kidney transplantation. Since then, 2 …

The assessment of living kidney donors presents unique ethical challenges and complex
psychosocial implications. This study aimed to ascertain the perspectives of transplant …

Advances in immunosuppressive therapy and refinement in surgical techniques have
allowed living donor transplantation to evolve from the first successful identical twin donor …

THE DONOR ORGAN shortage continues to be the most pressing issue in kidney
transplantation today. It is known that a transplant provides longer survival and better quality …

Background The Federal government and transplantation organizations have called for
further study of living donation at a time when 3 new living donor protocols are being …