Will I Become a Pig with a Pig Kidney Transplant?
October 10, 2024, Xenotransplantation Greetings, Kidney Friends! Every day, countless patients worldwide pass away while awaiting a suitable organ transpla…
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Xenotransplantation: risks, challenges and future possibilities
Hello, Kidney Friends! Hey, you know what? Xenotransplantation, a mysterious-sounding term, is actually a new way for us scientists to solve the shortage of human organs. Now many medical institutions at home and abroad have …
Two generations of a family received kidney transplants from relatives at the same hospital over 11 years
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"My first life was given by my mother, and the second by the doctor!" Today, Mr. Liu, who was discharged from the hos...
A sincere heart repays the kindness of parents: The third case of a living kidney transplant from a girl to her parents at Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
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ABO blood type incompatibility can also be achieved in kidney transplantation, Zhongshan Hospital completed the first operation in Shanghai
Related Donor Nephrectomy—How Can We Protect the Donor?
Hello, everyone! Relative donor kidney transplantation, as a special and important kidney transplantation method, has brought hope of life to countless kidney patients. However, behind this hope, we should pay more attention …
For kidney transplantation from relatives, how close does one have to be to become the recipient?
Relative kidney transplantation must undergo strict ethical approval before implementation. According to the latest "Regulations on Human Organ Donation and Transplantation" in my country, living organ donors must be at least 18 years old, and recipients are limited to the donor's spouse, direct blood relatives or collateral blood relatives within three generations.
Among the following relationships, which one can undergo living relative-donor kidney transplantation?
According to the 2024 edition of my country's "Regulations on Human Organ Transplantation and Donation", it is clearly stipulated that the recipients of living organs are limited to the spouse, direct blood relatives or collateral blood relatives within three generations of the living organ donor.
Kidney, it's better to be close to yours
Due to the blood relationship between relatives, the tissue matching between the donor kidney and the recipient is often better, so the risk of rejection is lower;
Since the living donor kidney is used, the cold and warm ischemia time of the transplanted kidney is shorter, the ischemia-reperfusion injury is mild, and the overall quality of the kidney is better.
Kidney transplantation from relatives: the relay of life
Kidneys play an important role in our body. They act as a filter for the blood to remove waste and excess water from the body. They also regulate blood pressure, electrolyte balance, and red blood cell production. However, kidney failure can cause a series of serious symptoms and even be life-threatening. At this time, kidney transplantation becomes an effective treatment option for patients.