Each year, more than 4,200 people die waiting for a kidney transplant. Living kidney donation has revolutionized kidney transplantation.
Top 10 benefits of living kidney donations
- Patient life expectancy doubles.
- Short- and long-term graft survival rates are significantly better.
- Living kidneys almost always function immediately.
- Patients won’t be listed with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
- It eliminates the stress of waiting.
- Patients can plan for the operation.
- Patients get to know you.
- You get the satisfaction of giving the patient a second chance at life.
- It shortens the wait time for others.
- It offers the patient a better quality of life.
Recipients who receive a kidney from a living donor generally keep their new kidney longer than those who receive a kidney from a deceased donor. Talk with family and friends about donating a kidney to you.