Liver paired donation — LPD

Sometimes a transplant candidate has someone who wants to donate a portion of their liver to them, but tests reveal that the liver would not be a good medical match. Liver paired donation (LPD), also called a liver swap, gives that transplant candidate another option. In LPD, living donor liver-segments are exchanged, so each donor donates and each recipient receives a compatible transplant.

The UNOS Labs Liver Paired Donation Pilot Program

The UNOS Labs Liver Paired Donation Pilot Program (LPDPP) is the nation’s first multi-hospital paired donation program for liver candidates and interested living donors. Success of this pilot will provide additional access to transplant for liver transplant candidates with limited donor options, increasing the number of living donor transplants.

• Vision: Every liver transplant candidate with an incompatible but willing and approved living donor receives a living donor liver transplant.

Transplant hospital staff enter eligible donor and recipient medical information into UNOS’ computerized system. UNOS works with transplant hospitals throughout the United States to search for cases where the donor in each pair is compatible with the recipient in another pair. By exchanging donors, a compatible match for both recipients can be found.

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