Anonymous living donation in liver transplantation: Squaring the circle or condemned to vanish?

In the case of anonymous LD, non-directed donors do not receive any tangible benefit as directed donors could from helping a family member in need of an organ. In 2 cases, altruistic donors gave a part of their liver after having previously donated a kidney, additional donors are currently being investigated for subsequent kidney-liver donation. 3 J.G. Lee, K.W. Lee, C.H.D. Kwon, C.W. Chu, B.W. Kim, D.L. Choi, Donor safety in living donor liver transplantation: the Korean organ transplantation registry study. 4 A. Lauterio, S. Di Sandro, S. Gruttadauria, M. Spada, F. Di Benedetto, U. Baccarani, Donor safety in living donor liver donation: An Italian multicenter survey. [Extracted from the article]