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Portrait of Tommy Andersson. Photo.

Tommy Andersson

Professor

Portrait of Tommy Andersson. Photo.

Första svenska trepartsbytet av njurar kunde göras enligt plan

First donations and transplantations performed in Swedish kidney exchange program

Author

  • Lars Wennberg
  • Per Lindnér
  • Johan Linders
  • Mars Bengtsson
  • Amir Sedigh
  • Tommy Andersson

Summary, in English

This article describes the Swedish kidney exchange program (STEP) and the first donations and transplantations that were performed in October 2018. A total of six parallel surgical procedures resulted in three kidney donations and three kidney transplantations. Two months after the operations, all recipients had good and stable kidney function and all donors had recovered. We argue that four specific problems must be addressed in order for the program to reach its full potential. These modifications are related to the information structure, a Scandinavian expansion, the role of ABO-incompatible transplants, and more sophisticated matching techniques.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2019-06-10

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Läkartidningen

Volume

116

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Swedish Medical Association

Topic

  • Information Studies
  • Surgery

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0023-7205