The Accidental Kidney Donor Toni's story.wmv

surgeries in which at least four patients, so far, have received transplants. The recipient of Brookhouses kidney, like the other kidney recipients in the chain, did have a family member willing to donate a kidney to them. But that willing donor was not a match to the recipient. In return for getting Brookhouses matching kidney, that donor gave their kidney to another person who had a willing, but non-matching donor, and so on. This type of kidney swap is called matched paired donation. Barnes ...
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