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Kidney Transplant - Risk of Paired Exchanges
Risks of Paired Exchanges
Paired kidney exchanges come with their own specific risks:
- Since multiple patients need to be medically cleared for surgery, there is a higher chance that the transplants will be delayed because one of the participating patients isn't ready.
- There is a risk that one of the kidneys in the exchange is unusable.
- Both donor operations are usually performed at the same time so that none of the donors change their mind after the other donor gives up a kidney.
The donors do not have control over who receives their kidney or how the recipient treats their new kidney.