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Bookmark or Share- Organ donation: Don't let these myths confuse you - Mayo ClinicFact: The organ donor's family never pays for donation. The donor family pays for all the medical care given to save your life before your organs are donated. Sometimes families think those costs are for the organ donation. But the person who gets the organs for transplant pays the costs for removing the organs.
- Living-donor transplantation - Overview - Mayo ClinicResearchers actively study outcomes after transplants to improve results. In general, living-donor kidneys will function longer than deceased-donor kidneys. Surgeons perform minimally invasive surgery to remove a living donor's kidney (laparoscopic nephrectomy) for a kidney transplant, which may involve less pain and a shorter recovery for the ...
- Living-donor liver transplant - Type - Mayo ClinicMatching of living-donor livers with recipients is based on age, blood type, organ size and other factors. During the procedure On the day of the transplant, surgeons will remove a portion of the donor's liver for transplant through an incision in the stomach.
- Living-donor kidney transplant - Mayo ClinicGet started as a living kidney or liver donor by completing this health history questionnaire. The risks of living-donor kidney transplant are like the risks of deceased-donor kidney transplant. Some are similar to the risks of any surgery. Others have to do with organ rejection and side effects of drugs that prevent rejection. Risks include: Pain.
- Living-donor frequently asked costs and insurance questionsThis surgery uses a living donor's organ, such as a kidney or portion of a liver, to replace another person's organ that no longer works properly. This content does not have an English version. This content does not have an Arabic version.
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