The Organ Donation Process
Sutter Transplant and Outpatient Heart Specialty Clinics

Kidneys for transplantation come from three sources: living donors who are relatives, living donors who are not related and someone who donates a kidney upon his or her death. While the easiest matches tend to come from living relatives, patients who receive kidneys from other living donors or from someone who has died enjoy good success. The generally accepted survival rates for the three groups are as follows:

		Graft Survival
		1 Year	5 Year
A.	Living Related Donor	90-95%	80%
B.	Living Non-Related Donor	80-85%	70%
C.	Cadaver	80-85%	70%

If you are considering donating a kidney, please see the donor section of this website. Kidney donations from other donors are handled through the United Network of Organ Sharing.

If you are interested in being a living donor please contact us at (916)733-8133 or 1 (800) 556-8133, or you can email us at SutterMemorialTransplant@sutterhealth.org

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