The Benefits of Live Donor Kidney Transplant




The Scope Radio show

Summary: Organ donations often come from people who’ve died unexpectedly in accidents or from natural causes, but healthy, living people can give certain organs, such as kidneys, too. People donate organs for various and sometimes surprising reasons. Transplant surgeon Dr. Jeffery Campsen discusses live kidney donations, how safe they are for donors, and how they improve recipients’ lives. He also talks about how live donor kidney chains increase the number of lives saved.