Summary:
Often, the donor and the patient belong to the same blood group, or the donor could belong to O blood group (Universal Donor). Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Specialty Hospitals, a leading healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, performed a successful ABO incompatible kidney transplant on a 29-year-old man. In this innovation of ABO incompatible transplant, the antibodies present in the blood are reduced through treatments given before and after transplant." An ABO incompatible kidney transplant is a more advanced and complex procedure that requires the right expertise and treatment methods. Speaking on the successful transplant, Dr.
Aravindan Selvaraj, Co-founder and Executive Director, Kauvery Hospital Chennai says, "ABO incompatible Kidney transplant accounts to <1% of overall kidney transplants in India..