UCLA Medical Center Performs its First Living Donor Kidney Swap
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
The “kidney swap” procedure was the first of its kind to be performed in southern California. In this procedure, a living donor who wishes to give their kidney to a loved one but cannot because of incompatibility is paired with another patient and incompatible donor. The donors “swap” their organs, providing two patients with an improved quality of life.
The UCLA Medical Center has one of the largest and most active kidney transplant programs in the world. The “donor swap” procedure is rarely performed within the U.S., but UCLA health care professionals hope that the success of the procedure performed on September 20 will encourage other transplant centers to plan their own kidney swap donation programs.
Learn more about this exciting development by reading the UCLA Health and Medicine News.
