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Becoming a Living Donor | National Kidney Foundation

You must be at least 18 years old. Some transplant centers require a donor to be 21 or even a little older. There are some medical conditions that could prevent ...

Living Donation Facts and Resources from UNOS | Living Donor ...

Most living donors donate one of their kidneys or a part of their liver. Much more rarely, living donors may donate other organs. Living organ donors make ...

Living-donor kidney transplant - Mayo Clinic

In a living-donor kidney transplant, one of the donor's healthy kidneys is surgically removed and placed into a recipient whose kidneys no longer function ...

Living Donors - The Gift of Life | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Typically, a living kidney transplant donor spends two days in the hospital, and will have an additional four to six weeks of recovery time. Donors who are from ...

Living Organ Donation | organdonor.gov

You can donate a kidney, a piece of your liver, and certain other organs and tissues while alive. About 6500 living donation transplants ...

Living donor kidney transplant - NHS Blood and Transplant

This is when a living relative, friend or even a stranger donates a kidney to you. There are many advantages to receiving a kidney transplant from a living ...

What is Living Donation? - Donate Life America

Living donation is when a living person donates an organ or part of an organ to a person in need of a transplant. · Living organ donation offers another choice ...

National Kidney Registry | Facilitating Living Kidney Donation

The National Kidney Registry helps people facing kidney failure by facilitating paired kidney exchange and making living kidney donation safer and easier.

Kidney donation and transplant

A living donor kidney transplant is a surgery to give you a healthy kidney from someone who is still alive. On average, living kidney donor transplants last 15 ...

Becoming a Living Kidney Donor - UCSF Health

Find out why living donors choose to donate a kidney to someone in need, what the surgery is like, who's eligible, how to be considered, and much more.

Living Donor Kidney Transplantation - SSM Health

Living donor kidney transplantation occurs when a healthy individual donates one of his or her kidneys to a person with end stage renal disease.

Living Kidney Donation | What to Expect - IU Health

To be considered for living kidney donation, the first step is to complete and submit the required evaluation form below.

Living Donor Kidney Transplant - Penn Medicine

Living kidney donation involves the transfer of a healthy kidney from a donor to a recipient whose kidneys are failing.

Donating your kidney - NHS Organ Donation

Kidneys are the most commonly donated organs by living people, and about a third of all kidney transplants carried out in the UK are from living donors.

What to Expect After Donation | National Kidney Foundation

People can live normal lives with only one kidney. As long as the donor is evaluated thoroughly and cleared for donation, he or she can lead a normal life after ...

Living donation patient brochure - OPTN - HRSA

Most living donors donate one of their kidneys or a part of their liver. Other organs can be donated by living donors, but are much rarer. Living organ donors ...

What is living kidney donation? - Canadian Blood Services

This learning resource centre provides information about how living donation works, educational programs that help educate donors and transplant candidates.

Living Kidney Donor - The University of Kansas Health System

Our living kidney donor team is dedicated to guiding live kidney donors and recipients through the donation process. Call 913-588-1227 or visit us online to ...

How to Become a Living Kidney Donor - Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Living donor kidney transplants allow recipients to enjoy a fuller, longer life that may not have been possible otherwise.

Living-donor transplant - Mayo Clinic

A living-donor transplant is a surgical procedure to remove an organ or portion of an organ from a living person and place it in another person