Valerie Chipman, Matthew Cooper, Alvin G Thomas, Matthew Ronin, Brian Lee, Stuart Flechner, David Leeser, Dorry L Segev, Didier A Mandelbrot, Tyler Lunow-Luke, Shareef Syed, Garet Hil, Chris E Freise, Amy D Waterman, Garrett R Roll
Increasing numbers of compatible pairs are choosing to enter paired exchange programs, but motivations, outcomes, and system-level effects of participation are not well described. Using a linkage of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and National Kidney Registry, we compared outcomes of traditional (originally incompatible) recipients to originally compatible recipients using the Kaplan-Meier method. We identified 154 compatible pairs. Most pairs sought to improve HLA matching. Compared to the original donor, actual donors were younger (39 vs...
January 2022: American Journal of Transplantation