Open AccessSuccessful three-way kidney paired donation transplantation: The first Indian report
Author(s) -
Vivek Kute,
Manoj R. Gumber,
Pankaj Shah,
Himanshu V. Patel,
Aruna V Vanikar,
Pranjal Modi,
VR Shah,
Hargovind L Trivedi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.125094
Subject(s) - medicine , economic shortage , transplantation , donation , abo blood group system , organ donation , kidney transplantation , intensive care medicine , desensitization (medicine) , surgery , law , political science , linguistics , philosophy , receptor , government (linguistics)
Providing transplantation opportunities for patients with incompatible live donors through kidney paired donation (KPD) is an important strategy for easing the crisis in organ availability. KPD is can overcome the barriers when the only living potential donors are deemed unsuitable owing to an incompatibility of blood type, of human leukocyte antigen cross-match, or both. In KPD, the incompatibility problems with two donor recipient pairs can be solved by exchanging donors. In the absence of well-organized deceased donor program, or transplantation with desensitization protocol and ABO incompatible transplantation, living donor KPD promises hope to the growing number of patients suffering from end-stage renal disease in India. We report our first successful three-way KPD transplantation from India. In an era of organ shortage, this approach is relevant to encourage wider participation from KPD donors and transplant centers to prevent commercial transplantation.