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— All donors did well after nephrectomies, and all recipients continue to have functioning kidneys
By Valerie DeBenedette
Three people living with HIV had promising outcomes after donating kidneys to three others with HIV, according to a prospective study within the HOPE in Action Multicenter Consortium.
Among the three living donors, grade 3 or higher nephrectomy-related adverse events occurred in two donors after donation, including a medically managed ileus and a laparoscopically repaired incisional hernia, reported Christine Durand, MD, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues.
Read the complete article in MedPage Today.
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