BACKGROUND Little is known about living kidney donors' satisfaction with life (SWL) after donation. We compared donors' SWL to previously reported general population samples and investigated predictors of donors' SWL. METHODS Three transplant centers mailed questionnaires to assess SWL, physical health, optimism, retrospective evaluation of the donation experience, and demographic characteris...

There are few reports of portal vein thrombosis among living donor liver transplant donors and no published data on the management of this event. In this report, we present our experience in the diagnosis and management of this rare complication in two living donor liver transplantation donors who developed post-operative portal vein thrombosis. Both cases were successfully managed with intra-o...

n engl j med 353;5 www.nejm.org august 4, 2005 444 with the requisite training and expertise to evaluate donors fully, to ensure that donations are voluntary, and to perform livingdonor surgery. In addition, better data about the outcomes of living donors should be forthcoming. The OPTN is also working toward requiring that transplantation centers report within 72 hours the death of a living do...

In the west majority liver transplantation is from deceased donors. In the Far East most liver transplant is actually done from living related donors. In the past, when experience with hepatectomy was limited, liver transplantation did not progress because of lack of cadaveric donors. With hepatectomy becoming a safe operation, liver transplant from living donors is a good alternative. Although...

This manuscript is a survey of the halachic attitudes toward organ transplant procedures from a living donor which can be defined as life-saving procedures for the recipient or at least life-prolonging procedures. Three fundamental problems concerning the halachic aspects of such transplantation are discussed in detail: the danger to the donor, donation under coercion, and the sale of organs an...

BACKGROUND To understand the impact of psychologic variables on donor quality of life, we studied long-term data on postoperative psychiatric complications in living liver donors. This study is a focused psychological investigation of diagnoses, treatments, and long-term clinical courses of living liver donors with psychiatric complications. METHODS Of the 142 donors who underwent live-donor ...

The short- and long-term effects of unilateral nephrectomy on living donors have been important considerations for 60 years. Short-term risk is well established (0.03% mortality and <1% risk of major morbidity), but characterization of long-term risk is evolving. Relative to the general population, risk of mortality, ESRD, hypertension, proteinuria, and cardiovascular disease is comparable or l...

BACKGROUND Increasing the living-donor pool by accepting donors with an isolated medical abnormality (IMA) can significantly decrease the huge gap between limited supply and rising demand for organs. There is a wide range of variation among different centres in dealing with these categories of donors. We reviewed studies discussing living kidney donors with IMA, including greater age, obesity, ...

BACKGROUND The rates of both genetic and non-genetic living donors are increasing. However, previous research has almost exclusively explored the decision-making of genetic donors. Therefore, in this study both genetic and non-genetic donors are investigated with focus on their whole donation process. METHODS Thirty-nine donors were interviewed the day before nephrectomy and 3 weeks afterward...