ABSTRACT

Living donor kidney (LDK) transplantation has become the definitive approach to the treatment of end-stage renal failure, providing a better quality of life and the best opportunity for survival when compared with dialysis or transplantation from a deceased donor. A timely compendium of the modern day practice of LDK transplantation from a group of

chapter 6|24 pages

Living donor nephrectomy

chapter 10|12 pages

Overcoming MHC incompatibility

chapter 15|10 pages

Part 1: Evidence in favour