While kidney paired donation (KPD) enables the utilization of living donor kidneys from
healthy and willing donors incompatible with their intended recipients, the strategy poses …

Background. Kidney paired donation (KPD) offers the best transplant option for patients with
incompatible live kidney donors. Although studies suggest substantial expansion of the …

With many multicenter consortia and a United Network for Organ Sharing program,
participation in kidney paired donation (KPD) has become mainstream in the United States …

Incompatibility between the candidate recipient and the prospective donor is a major
obstacle to living donor kidney transplant. Kidney paired donation (KPD) can circumvent the …

Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease.
While living donors provide anywhere from a small to a large fraction of kidneys for …

Background Participation of compatible living donors and recipients in kidney paired
donation (KPD) could double the number of KPD transplants. We determined the willingness …

Kidney transplantation is the most cost-effective and clinically effective form of renal
replacement therapy. Due to long wait times for deceased donors, kidney transplantation is …

Kidney paired donation (KPD) was first suggested in 1986, but it was not until 2000 when
the first paired donation transplant was performed in the USA. In the past decade, KPD has …

Failure to convert computer-identified possible kidney paired donation (KPD) exchanges
into transplants has prohibited KPD from reaching its full potential. This study analyzes the …

Inclusion of compatible living donor and recipient pairs (CPs) in kidney paired donation
(KPD) programs could increase living donor transplantation. We introduce the concept of a …