Open AccessCan deceased donor with recurrent primary brain tumor donate kidneys for transplantation?
Author(s) -
Suresh Kumar,
Pranjal Modi,
Bipin Chandra Pal,
Jayesh Modi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.173104
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , organ procurement , organ donation , donation , surgery , kidney , kidney transplantation , economics , economic growth
Kidney transplantation from deceased donors is in its infancy in India. Cadaver organ donation was accepted legally in 1994 by the "Human Organs Transplantation Act." Marginal donors are now accepted by many centers for kidney transplantation. We report a case of procurement of both kidneys from a young deceased donor having recurrent primary brain tumor, transplanted into two adult recipients with successful outcome.