Glossary Renal physiology / Term
Sometimes a person cannot receive a living donor kidney transplant because of blood group incompatibility or other antibody incompatibility, even though they have a family member willing to donate a kidney. It may be possible to find another potential donor and recipient who are incompatible with each other, but where the kidneys can be 'exchanged', each recipient having transplant from the other person's donor.
Permanent link Paired transplant - Creation date 2021-11-23