Increasing the Opportunity of Live Kidney Donation by Matching for Two- and Three-Way Exchanges

2006263 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Susan L. Saidman · Massachusetts General Hospital

M. Utku Ünver · University of Pittsburgh

Francis L. Delmonico · New England Organ Bank

Abstract

A computerized matching protocol can be used to identify donor/recipient pairs from a registry of incompatible pairs who can potentially enter into donor exchanges that otherwise would not readily occur.

Topics & Keywords

Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Organ Donation and Transplantation Renal and Vascular Pathologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Transplantation

Volume 81, Issue 5, pp. 773-782

DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000195775.77081.25

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