Overview
A living-donor kidney transplant is a surgical procedure in which a healthy individual donates one of their kidneys to someone with kidney failure. Since a person can live with just one kidney, this type of transplant provides an alternative to receiving an organ from a deceased donor.
Donors can be family members, friends, or even strangers. In the U.S., approximately one-third of kidney transplants each year come from living donors, while the remaining two-thirds come from deceased donors.
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