BioMed Research International

Living Kidney Donors: Who, How, When?


Publishing date
01 Mar 2021
Status
Closed
Submission deadline
23 Oct 2020

1Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK

2Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA

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Living Kidney Donors: Who, How, When?

This issue is now closed for submissions.

Description

Every year, hundreds of patients die waiting for a kidney transplant due to a shortage of organ donors, with a waiting time for a suitable (deceased) donor organ that might reach several years, particularly for some ethnic groups. Living kidney donation offers the recipient the best opportunity of success in terms of definitive renal replacement therapy, with superior survival compared to deceased donor kidneys, and the possibility to preemptively address renal replacement therapy without facing the burden of dialysis.

There is unfortunately still limited awareness about eligibility to donate a kidney from a relative or a friend, to a specific patient or for unspecified (altruistic) donation. Furthermore, programs like paired and pooled schemes are not universally present, being introduced only in the last few decades and predominantly active in the UK, Netherlands, and USA. Histocompatibility matching is a fundamental determinant of long-term outcomes for high quality donors, such as living donors, and to get the best out of this limited organ pool, it often requires additional expertise. There are also interesting aspects related to the psychological benefits that living kidney donors, particularly altruistic, might gain after their generous act.

This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest research and innovation on living kidney donation to increase awareness about this underutilized resource. We encourage submissions related to long-term risks, cultural and psychological aspects, immunological challenges, surgical techniques, and kidney sharing schemes. Original articles based on clinical experience are welcome; likewise, we hope to attract review articles which describe the current state of the art.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • ABOi living kidney donation
  • Hypertension after living donation
  • HLA epitope matching in living donation
  • Minimally invasive surgical techniques in living kidney donation
  • Paired and pooled schemes in living donation

Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2024
  • - Article ID 9852157
  • - Retraction

Retracted: Prevalence, Mechanisms, Treatment, and Complications of Hypertension Postliving Kidney Donation

BioMed Research International
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2024
  • - Article ID 9807193
  • - Retraction

Retracted: COVID-19 and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Naples during the Pandemic

BioMed Research International
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2024
  • - Article ID 9818721
  • - Retraction

Retracted: Outcomes of Renal Stone Surgery Performed Either as Predonation or Ex Vivo Bench Procedure in Renal Grafts from Living Donors: A Systematic Review

BioMed Research International
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2024
  • - Article ID 9819685
  • - Retraction

Retracted: Results and Lessons Learned on Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplantation

BioMed Research International
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2021
  • - Article ID 5460672
  • - Review Article

[Retracted] Prevalence, Mechanisms, Treatment, and Complications of Hypertension Postliving Kidney Donation

Stuart Deoraj | Dimitrios Anestis Moutzouris | Maria Irene Bellini
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 6625882
  • - Review Article

[Retracted] Outcomes of Renal Stone Surgery Performed Either as Predonation or Ex Vivo Bench Procedure in Renal Grafts from Living Donors: A Systematic Review

Nicola Longo | Armando Calogero | ... | Michele Santangelo
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 5703963
  • - Research Article

[Retracted] COVID-19 and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Naples during the Pandemic

Gaia Peluso | Silvia Campanile | ... | Michele L. Santangelo
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 8687907
  • - Research Article

[Retracted] Results and Lessons Learned on Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplantation

Mireia Musquera | Lluis Peri | ... | Antonio Alcaraz
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