A paired kidney donation offers an alternative for donors and recipients who are not compatible

Approximately one-third of all interested living kidney donors have an incompatible blood type with their intended recipient.

The paired kidney donor transplantation allows you to donate your kidney to another recipient who was not compatible to their donor, but is compatible with you. Their donor would then donate to your recipient.

If you are interested in this option, please discuss it with your Living Donor Coordinator or visit theAlliance for Paired Donation.

How does paired kidney donation work?

In paired kidney donation, patients with a non-compatible donor enroll in a registry. A specialized computer program will search for a compatible match. Two incompatible donor/recipient pairs (A and B) must be identified. The donor of pair "A" must be identified to be compatible with the recipient of pair "B." Additionally, the donor of pair "B" must be identified to be compatible with the recipient of pair "A."

An example would be if a sister wanted to give her brother a kidney but differences in blood type made it impossible. In this program, such a patient/donor pair is matched with other pairs in the same situation. These pairs can "donate" kidneys so that both patients get transplanted and both donors give kidneys.

In order to enroll in this program, the recipient must be listed throughUNOSand have an eligible, non-compatible donor. Ask your kidney transplant coordinator if you are a candidate for the paired kidney donor program.

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