kidney donation
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Indications
Adverse effects
- living kidney donors have survival similar to that of nondonors
- risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is not increased
- kidney from older donor more likely to result in transplantation rejection than from younger donor[2]
- risk of mortality or cardiovascular events not increased among living kidney donors[3]
Procedure
- unilateral nephrectomy for donation of healthy kidney
More general terms
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Ibrahim HN et al, Long-Term Consequences of Kidney Donation N Engl J Med Volume 360:459-469 January 29, 2009 http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/360/5/459
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 de Fijter JW The impact of age on rejection in kidney transplantation. Drugs Aging. 2005;22(5):433-49. Review PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15903355
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Garg AX et al. Cardiovascular disease in kidney donors: Matched cohort study. BMJ 2012 Mar 1; 344:e1203. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22381674