Transplantation

New transplantation research from W. Rowinski and co-researchers described

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, April 16th, 2009

"The first kidney transplantation was performed in Poland in 1966. Since that time approximately 11,000 patients have undergone the procedure, but most of them have received the kidney from deceased donors; only 342 procedures utilized living donors (LD; 2.7%)," researchers in Warsaw, Poland report.

"The aim of this study was to review the results of a LD follow-up in Poland. A questionnaire was sent to 11 centers that had performed 197 LD kidney transplantations during the last 10 years. The donors, who were all genetically or emotionally related, were 23 to 61 years old. No donor showed an abnormality regarding cardiovascular function or metabolic abnormalities. The 6...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2009-04-16)

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