MEDtube Science 2016 - Living kidney donor with expanded criteria for qualification – a case report

Nowadays, kidney transplantation is the best way of treatment of end-stage renal failure (1). Results of transplantation of organs procured from living donors are much better in comparison to those from deceased donors (2). Benefits of living donation include not only better graft survival and reduced number of episodes of rejection, but also shorter dialysis time and greater chance for preemptive transplantation (meaning that the recipient remains in pre-dialyses period). Fewer rejection episodes imply the possibility of reducing immunosuppression and therefore, lower incidence of associated complications. Beside the obvious improvement in recipients’ quality of life, the possibility of pre-emptive transplantation significantly reduces the cost of end-stage renal disease treatment in relation to possible avoidance of renal replacement therapy by hemodialysis. In addition, scheduled and controlled character of the procedure improves its safety and reduces the relative length of hospital stay and absence from work due to illness.