Outcome of the living kidney donor

[en] Renal transplantation from living kidney donors is still relatively marginal in most of the European countries. However, this source of kidney grafts may help to overcome in part the organ donor shortage of cadaveric donors. The living donor strategy implies correct and objective information about donation risks and completely free acceptance of the living candidate of the donation. In this paper, we reviewed the consequences of kidney donation on the living donor health, considering very short term (linked to the surgery), short term (effect of nephrectomy on glomerular filtration rate) and long term (risk of mortality, chronic kidney disease, proteinuria and hypertension) consequences of kidney donation.

Disciplines :

Laboratory medicine & medical technology

Author, co-author :

DELANAYE, Pierre ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Néphrologie

WEEKERS, Laurent ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Néphrologie

DUBOIS, Bernard ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Néphrologie

CAVALIER, Etienne ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chimie médicale

DETRY, Olivier ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation

SQUIFFLET, Jean-Paul ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation

KRZESINSKI, Jean-Marie ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Néphrologie

Language :

English

Title :

Outcome of the living kidney donor

Publication date :

January 2012

Journal title :

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

ISSN :

0931-0509

eISSN :

1460-2385

Publisher :

Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom

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Issue :

Pages :

41-50

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