This innovative kidney transplant allows kidneys to be transplanted across blood type barriers. Estimates indicate that as many as 30 percent of patients needing a new kidney are limited to a donor with an "incompatible" blood type. Mayo Clinic's protocol allows these transplants to occur with nearly equal success rates as those performed with blood-type-compatible recipients.
ABO incompatible kidney transplant is offered by the Kidney Transplant Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
An innovative transplant technique at Mayo Clinic makes Bobbie Bartz compatible with her new kidney.
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