A liver for a kidney: Ethics of trans-organ paired exchange.
Am J Transplant
; 18(5): 1077-1082, 2018 05.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29442420
ABSTRACT
Living donation provides important access to organ transplantation, which is the optimal therapy for patients with end-stage liver or kidney failure. Paired exchanges have facilitated thousands of kidney transplants and enable transplantation when the donor and recipient are incompatible. However, frequently willing and otherwise healthy donors have contraindications to the donation of the organ that their recipient needs. Trans-organ paired exchanges would enable a donor associated with a kidney recipient to donate a lobe of liver and a donor associated with a liver recipient to donate a kidney. This article explores some of the ethical concerns that trans-organ exchange might encounter including unbalanced donor risks, the validity of informed consent, and effects on deceased organ donation.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tissue Donors
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Tissue and Organ Procurement
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Kidney Transplantation
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Liver Transplantation
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Directed Tissue Donation
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Transplant
Journal subject:
TRANSPLANTE
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States