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Kidney Paired Donation

2022; Başkent University; Volume: 20; Issue: Suppl 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.6002/ect.donorsymp.2022.o2

1304-0855

May Hassaballa,

Reproductive Health and Technologies

The idea for a kidney exchange program was expressed by Dr. Felix Rapaport in 1986; since then, it has been increasing all over the world. This article discusses the indications of kidney paired donation and how it proved to be the best option for living donation, the innovations done for its expansion over the years, and how to adopt it in countries deprived of this service, highlighting the measures it takes for its implementation and the drawbacks of its nonexistence.