Department of Surgery

Division of Solid Organ Transplantation

Procedures

Living Donor Transplant

Each year, hundreds of people in the Greater Rochester area wait for donor organs. Traditionally, deceased donor organs (organs removed from a healthy person after a sudden accident or illness) were the only option for patients needing a transplant. Due to a shortage of deceased donor organs, the number of patients waiting for a transplant in the United States has grown dramatically. Transplant patients are forced to endure longer waiting times and may become quite ill before they receive an organ, and in some instances, are too ill to undergo transplant surgery.

Living donor organs lessen the need for deceased organs, and offer new hope for transplant receipients.

What is a Living Donor Liver Transplant?

In a living donor liver transplant a healthy segment of a donor's liver is removed for transplantation into the recipient's body.

Living Donor Kidney Transplant

Our program uses the technique – known as laparoscopic donor nephrectomy – which dramatically reduces post-operative recovery for the donor.