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Jewish Hospital performed Kentucky's first non-related donor transplant
in December, 1994. Per our protocol, this option for transplant will be
presented to potential living donor recipients. National results to date
indicate the success rates mirror those of blood-related living donors.
For more information on living donors, please visit http://www.kidney.org/recips/livingdonors/
Laparoscopic Nephrectomy University of Louisville and Jewish Hospital
transplant surgeon Frederick R. Bentley successfully completed Kentucky's
first living donor laparoscopic nephrectomy. This procedure allows the
surgeon to remove the kidney of a living donor through small incisions,
rather than by the traditional large incision, thereby minimizing post-operative
discomfort.
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