O'Donnell D, Seggie J, Aucamp L, Meyers A M, Botha J R, Thomson P D, Myburgh J A, Cohen M
S Afr Med J. 1986 Feb 1;69(3):174-6.
The Johannesburg Hospital kidney transplantation unit's experience with 111 kidney donations from living relatives between 1966 and December 1984 is reviewed. The 1-year patient survival rate for those who received transplants up to the end of 1982 was 93%. Donor surgery only caused 1 instance of serious illness and no deaths. The justification for and procedure of donor transplantation are discussed and the psychological reward to the donor highlighted.
