Twelve Years' Experience with National Sharing of HLA-Matched Cadaveric Kidneys for Transplantation

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Abstract
In October 1987, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) established a national kidney-sharing program to increase the number of HLA-matched transplantations. Since then, over 7500 cadaveric kidneys have been shipped to centers in 48 states for transplantation to HLA-matched patients. We evaluated the efficacy of the program during its first 12 years of operation.