Overcoming blood group and antibody barriers by kidney paired donation

4^th Global Surgery and Transplantation Congress

October 03-04, 2016 Atlanta, USA

Shafi Malik

University Hospital of Wales, UK

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Transplant Technol Res

Abstract :

Approximately one third of kidney transplant candidates has medically acceptable living donors but is unable to receive transplants due to donor - recipient incompatibilities. Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) is a strategy that matches incompatible pairs in order to find compatible matches, thus increasing living donor transplantation. Significant strides have been made since the idea was first conceptualised. However, the technique remains under utilized. This lecture is intended to highlight the current advances, types of paired donation programs, registries, world-wide experience, outcomes, barriers and limitations.

Biography :

Email: dr_shafi@hotmail.com