A paired-donor exchange occurs when patients needing a kidney transplant “swap” willing donors to make compatible organ matches. In this exchange, three people received life-saving transplants from three individuals they had never met.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Tulane University - Kidney Swap: gift of life, times three
Tulane University | Sarah Balyeat
Kimberly “Peezie” Allred and her sister-in-law, Shasta Leininger, led a parade of family members at the Tulane Transplant Institute Clinic recently on their way to a celebration of life. Allred, Leininger and four other individuals participated in a paired-donor kidney exchange at Tulane Medical Center on May 15, and now they were meeting one another for the first time.
A paired-donor exchange occurs when patients needing a kidney transplant “swap” willing donors to make compatible organ matches. In this exchange, three people received life-saving transplants from three individuals they had never met.
A paired-donor exchange occurs when patients needing a kidney transplant “swap” willing donors to make compatible organ matches. In this exchange, three people received life-saving transplants from three individuals they had never met.
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