Outcome in emotionally related living kidney donor transplantation.

allowed to donate one of their kidneys provided that they are carefully selected and thoroughly informed. Background. The growing shortage of cadaver kidneys, the limited possibilities to expand the living related Key words: kidney transplantation; unrelated living donor pool and the good results obtained in our centre donor; emotionally related donor with poorly matched cadaver kidneys, led us in 1991 to begin accepting highly motivated, unrelated, living kidney donors who had a strong emotional bond with the recipients.