The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Comprehensive Transplant Center performed 20 surgeries over two days, giving the 10 recipients a new lease on life.
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People on the kidney transplant list can often wait years for a match. Donor transplant chains work by pairing a person in need of a kidney who has a living donor that is not a compatible match with another donor/recipient pair so the recipient receives a compatible organ.
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The Wexner Medical Center was able to transplant 10 healthy kidneys to 10 people in need of a kidney, Ohio State says.
“This is one of the country’s largest single institution living kidney donor transplant chains completed in one week,” said Kenneth Washburn, MD, executive director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center and director of the Division of Transplantation Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. “Big chains like this one allow us to help a large number of patients in a short period of time. The resources needed to complete an event such as this is a testament to the commitment of the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center to enhancing and extending patient’s lives through organ transplantation.”