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Kidneys can be safely harvested from transfusion-refusing living donors

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology volume 3, pages 411–412 (2007)Cite this article

Mateo R et al. (2007) Living related donor nephrectomy in transfusion refusing donors. Transpl Int 20: 490–496

Despite improvements in surgical techniques, living kidney donors are still at risk for serious complications that might require blood transfusion. Many transplant programs are reluctant to consider people who do not wish to receive human blood products as potential donors. In a recent paper, a group has discussed the issues surrounding the use of such transfusion-refusing (TR) individuals, whose inclusion would expand the pool of living donors.

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Kidneys can be safely harvested from transfusion-refusing living donors. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 411–412 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0521

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