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Some organs and tissues can be donated while the donor is alive.
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Is it true that some organs and tissues can be donated while the donor is alive?
Yes. Some organs and tissues can indeed be donated while the donor is alive, as evidenced by extensive clinical literature on living kidney and liver donations. Numerous studies examine the surgical safety, long-term physiological impacts, and outcomes for living donors.
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Evaluates the safety, complications, and quality of life outcomes of living kidney and liver donors undergoing sequential donation.
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JL, S., A, T., S, G., T, T., M, H., ML, M., E, T., S, M., D, M., R, R., L, W., A, D., S, M., A, M., A, Y., CJ, K., P, S., M, M., S, J., V, G., & A, H. (2026). Sequential Donation: Evaluating Safety and Quality of Life of Living Donors.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.70609
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Discusses current practices and future perspectives in living donor kidney donation across Europe.
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A, K., M, B., A, M., F, O., E, R., R, T., C, L., EB, A., & L, M. (2026). Landscape of current practices and future perspectives in living donor kidney donation in Europe: proceedings of a pan-European symposium by the European kidney transplant association section of the European Society for Organ Transplantation.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/ti.2026.16548
Examines donor medicine as an emerging field focused on the long-term health and physiological impacts of living kidney donors.
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MT, A. & GVR, P. (2026). Donor medicine: An emerging field in nephrology.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5527/wjn.121522
Analyzes trends in living-donor kidney transplantation in Brazil, comparing recipient survival and hospital indicators between live and deceased donors.
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MB, C. & FT, B. (2026). Living kidney donation in Brazil, 2010-2023: a descriptive time-series analysis.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-8239-jbn-2026-0051en
Finds that living-donor transplantation is associated with a lower risk of a complicated early posttransplant course in older adult recipients.
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D, V., E, G., V, C., F, M., M, S., V, C., V, G., C, A., A, N., C, B., C, Z., F, O., M, R., G, L. M., & G, C. (2026). Predictors of Early Posttransplant Complications and Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients Aged ≥65 y.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1097/txd.0000000000002004
Compares short- and long-term outcomes of right and left hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in living kidney donors and recipients.
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T, H., A, I., Y, S., T, H., Y, H., K, F., M, O., Y, M., S, N., K, U., & Y, W. (2026). Laterality of Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Adult Kidney Transplantation.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2026.07.024
Compares outcomes between recipients who received kidneys from living-related versus living-unrelated donors.
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Pereira, P. R. (2022). Unrelated versus related living-donor kidney transplantation is associated with higher acute rejection rate but similar graft survival Running title: Outcomes in living-donor kidney transplantation. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.58489/2836-8991/001
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