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2. How safe is it to donate a kidney? New research has ... - AOL

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   How safe is it to donate a kidney? New research has reassuring findings. Akshay Syal, M.D. Updated August 28, 2024 at 1:46 PM. There's never been a safer time to give a kidney.

3. Donating a kidney is even safer now than thought, US ... - AOL

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   The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000 donors died within three months of the surgery. Transplant centers have been using older ...

4. Woman’s life transformed after living kidney donation by ...

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   “A healthy person can lead a completely normal life with one kidney, and anyone can volunteer to find out more about donating, but it must be something they choose to do and feel comfortable doing.

5. Organ donation in the United States prison population

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   Living organ donation, as an alternative to deceased organ donation, has become an option given its low complication rates and more positive outcomes. [9] For example, the estimated cost of a kidney transplant is about $111,000. [10] A prisoner's dialysis treatments are estimated to cost a prison $120,000 per year. [11]

6. National Kidney Registry - Wikipedia

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   Remote donation utilizes proven logistics systems pioneered in kidney swaps by the National Kidney Registry over the past decade to safely transport the kidney from the donor's local hospital to the transplant center in the distant city. Research has proven that shipping a live kidney for transplant has no significant impact on patient outcomes.

7. Kidney transplantation - Wikipedia

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   The donor kidney will be placed in the lower abdomen and its blood vessels connected to arteries and veins in the recipient's body. When this is complete, blood will be allowed to flow through the kidney again. The final step is connecting the ureter from the donor kidney to the bladder. In most cases, the kidney will soon start producing urine.