Living Donor Nephrectomy Is a Safe Procedure

Renal Transplantation from Expanded Criteria Donors

“…Apart from these perioperative risks, are there potential long-term risks with respect to renal function, proteinuria and hypertension. Potential risks must be excluded by careful work-up of the donor (Duraj et al, 1995;Natarajan et al, 1992;Foster et al, 1991). There is enough evidence to suggest that, standard living donors do not face risks for ESRD any higher than those of age-matched peers (Fehrman-Ekholm et al, 2001).…”