What is living donation?
Living donation takes place when a living person donates an organ or part of an organ to be transplanted into a loved one in need. The living donor is most often a close family member, such as a parent, child, brother or sister. A living donor can also be a more distant family member, spouse or friend. What organs can come from living donors? The organ most commonly given by a living donor is the kidney. People usually have two kidneys, and one is all that is needed to live a normal life. Parts of other organs including the lung, liver and pancreas have also been transplanted from living donors. What are the advantages of living donation? Living kidney transplantation has a number of advantages compared with kidney transplantation from a person who has died (non-living donor). First, since the living kidney donor is usually a close relative of the person getting the transplant, there is a better match and less chance of rejection. Second, the transplant can be scheduled ahead of time,
Living donation takes place when a person donates a portion of their liver to be transplanted into a loved one in need. The donor is most often a close family member, such as a parent, child, brother or sister. A living donor can also be a more distant family member, spouse, friend or Good Samaritan. This specialized and complex surgical procedure allows both you and recipient to share one liver. We are able to perform this operation because the liver is made up of segments and is one of the only organs that can regenerate and grow back to almost 100% of its size and function. Purpose The purpose of living donation is to remove a portion of the donor’s liver and place it into a recipient, whose liver is diseased and is in need of a liver transplant. Through donation, your liver is able to grow back to its normal size and you are able to save the life of your recipient. How it Works During living liver donor transplantation, you and your recipient each have your own surgical team and ar
Living donation takes place when a living person donates an organ (or part of an organ) for transplantation to another person. The living donor can be a family member, such as a parent, child, brother or sister (living related donation). Living donation can also come from someone who is emotionally related to the recipient, such as a good friend, spouse or an in-law (living unrelated donation). In some cases, living donation may even be from a stranger, which is called nondirected donation.
