Abstrakt
In recent years transplantation from living donors has accounted for 25-30% of all kidney transplants in Denmark corresponding to 40-45 per year. Most of these living donors are parents or siblings, although internationally an increasing number are unrelated donors. Donor nephrectomy is associated with only few complications. The long-term outcome for kidney donors is good without increase in mortality or risk for development of hypertension and renal failure; proteinuria may be seen. Living kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment of end-stage renal disease with better graft survival than in cadaver transplantation. The ethical and psychological aspects related to transplantation from a living donor are complex and need to be carefully evaluated when this treatment is offered to the patients.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Living-donor kidney transplantation |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 162 |
Udgave nummer | 48 |
Sider (fra-til) | 6527-32 |
Antal sider | 6 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 27 nov. 2000 |
Emneord
- Denmark
- Ethics, Medical
- Graft Survival
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Kidney Transplantation
- Nephrectomy
- Postoperative Complications
- Prognosis
- Tissue Donors
- Tissue and Organ Procurement