A call for promoting living kidney donation in France in 2023
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Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation
Published on: July 19, 2021
Christophe Mariat1,2, François Gaillard3,2, Thomas Fournier4,2
1Hôpital Nord, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Saint-Étienne, service de néphrologie, dialyse et transplantation rénale, Université Jean Monnet, 42055 Saint-Étienne Cedex 2, France
Abstract:
Kidney transplantation from living donors is particularly under-developed in France in comparison with the US and most European countries. Among others, the lack of a proactive and evidence-based communication from French health providers is a potential cause that has been overlooked thus far. With this as a backdrop, the SFNDT Commission of transplantation has elaborated a 10 points-call for promoting living kidney transplantation in France in 2023 with the aims at (1) providing the entire nephrology community with a scientific rationale and (2) strenghtening the conviction of health providers, patients, and their relatives regarding the relevance of this modality of kidney transplantation.
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