Is obesity a contraindication for kidney donation?

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
Published Date: Oct 1, 2020

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: To enlarge the donor pool, kidney donors with obesity have been considered. We hypothesized that it is safe for patients with obesity to serve as living kidney donors.

Authors

  • Lilli Schussler
    Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
  • Prerna Khetan
    Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
  • Matthew Peacock
    Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
  • Elisha Dickstein
    Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
  • Dianne LaPointe-Rudow
    Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
  • Michael Palese
    Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
  • Antonios Arvelakis
    Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
  • Daniel Herron
    Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
  • Ron Shapiro
    Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
  • Sander Florman
    Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
  • Edward H Chin
    Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. Edward.chin@mountsinai.org.

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