Would doctors have to compensate for a poor antigen match by giving my wife increased anti-rejection medication, which could possibly have other adverse health consequences?
“Most centers start all of their transplant recipients (except for living- related six antigen matched pairs) on a similar protocol of immunosuppressive medication. If there are rejection episodes, adjustments are made. Any increase in dose of these powerful medicines, of course, has potentially negative consequences.” April 2001 More than 5,000 Americans last year donated one of their kidneys to an immediate family member, relative, friend, co-worker, or even a stranger. Until recently, these donations required an eight to nine inch incision in the donor – an extremely safe process, but one that generally required a six-to-eight week recovery period. In the past several years, however, a growing number of transplant centers have begun removing the donor kidneys by laparoscopic surgery, a minimally invasive approach involving much smaller incisions. This approach generally involves less pain, shorter hospitalization, and a rapid return to normal activity. But it is a technically newer
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