1. Domino paired kidney donation: a strategy to make best use of live non-directed donation.
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Montgomery, Robert A., Gentry, Sommer E., Marks, William H., Warren, Daniel S., Hiller, Janet, Houp, Julie, Zachary, Andrea A., Melancon, J. Keith, Maley, Warren R., Rabb, Hamid, Simpkins, Christopher, and Segev, Dorry L.
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ORGAN donors , *KIDNEY disease treatments , *DOMINO toppling , *ORGAN donation , *TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc. , *MEDICAL ethics , *COMMON good - Abstract
The article discusses the domino approach to matching living non-directed kidney donations with recipients. Other donation schemes include donor-centric, receiver-centric and sociocentric donation. Domino donation involves a living non-directed donor giving a kidney to a recipient who has a willing but incompatible donor. The incompatible donor then gives their kidney to another recipient with whom they are compatible. Domino donations provides the greatest utility for all concerned, but does limit the autonomy of donation centers.
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- 2006
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