The spouse as donor in renal transplants
Joint Authors
Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh
Mukherjee, Amitava
Kekre, Nitin S.
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 17, Issue 1 (28 Feb. 2006), pp.77-81, 5 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2006-02-28
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Most renal transplants performed in India are from live related donors.
The mother is the most frequent donor.
In India, the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, which was passed in 1994, allowed organ procurement from "near relatives" live donors.
In the period between 1999 and 2003 we performed in our center 41 spouse to spouse transplants, and 356 transplants among the live genetically related.
The two groups showed comparable mean creatinine at one (136 ± 38 µmol / L vs.
151 ± 53 µmol / L) and three years (136 ± 41 µmol / L vs.
154 ± 53 µmol / L).
The spouse allograft recipients had 26 % incidence of acute rejections vs.
the genetically related recipients who had 22 % incidence over a similar period.
We believe that though spouse donated kidneys survive comparably with those from genetically related donors ; strict criteria for their acceptance should be enforced considering the social background in India, in order to prevent exploitation of female spouses from coercion of donation.
In addition to our results, we discuss our policy for accepting the spouse as a kidney donor.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mukherjee, Amitava& Kekre, Nitin S.& Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh. 2006. The spouse as donor in renal transplants. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 17, no. 1, pp.77-81.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mukherjee, Amitava…[et al.]. The spouse as donor in renal transplants. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 17, no. 1 (Feb. 2006), pp.77-81.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Mukherjee, Amitava& Kekre, Nitin S.& Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh. The spouse as donor in renal transplants. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2006. Vol. 17, no. 1, pp.77-81.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-42400
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 81
Record ID
BIM-42400