Refining ESKD Risk Assessment in Living Kidney Donors
Transplantation, particularly from living donors, offers patients with kidney failure a longer life, freedom from dialysis, renewed productivity, and better quality of life. In addition, living donor kidneys enable shorter wait-time and lower health care costs compared with organs from deceased donors.1-4 The acceptance of living donation has been based on a combination of excellent recipient outcome and minimal to no increased risk associated with living with 1 kidney after careful donor selection.