Kidney paired donation: a single center approach to increase living donor transplantation.

ABSTRACT

Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital has performed a total of 125 KPD transplants from the onset of the program in Dec. 2007. With the addition of the KPD program, live donor transplants have increased annually by 35% demonstrating the ability to substantially increase access to transplantation utilizing this modality. Furthermore, KPD combined with selective desensitization has provided a means for individualized assessment and management of the highly sensitized patient.