The referral process

About living donation Donor confidentiality The function of the kidneys Kidney failure and treatment options Sources of donor kidneys The benefits of living donation Matching and compatibility Cross-match testing Paired exchange Donor medical evaluation Donor selection criteria The independent donor advocate The surgical experience Frequently asked questions The decision to donate

Getting started

What is kidney transplantation? The kidneys: what do they do? When the kidneys fail The evaluation process Living donation Paired exchange HLA typing/matching UNOS and the waiting list Surgery and hospitalization Medications Potential risks of transplant surgery Potential complications after transplant surgery Outpatient follow-up

Non-living Donors Standard Criteria Donors (SCD) Expanded Criteria Donors (ECD) Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Hepatitis B Core Antibody Positive Donors Hepatitis C Antibody Positive Donors

Post transplant care When you go home Ureteral stents Surveillance biopsies of transplanted kidneys BK Virus Printable documents

Our results Waitlist size Waitlist removals Waiting times Recipient characteristics Donor characteristics Dialysis rate and length of hospital stay Patient and graft survival