Ethics and living donation in renal transplantation
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Nevertheless, the transplant community is dealing with organ scarcity in cadaveric transplantation, and potential receptors in Portugal spend an average of 5 years on the waiting list before receiving a kidney6. The following numbers illustrate this: in Portugal, in 2016, more than 7000 patients were on the waiting list for renal transplantation; only 513 patients were transplanted, 65 of whom received a kidney from a living donor7.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017