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Studies on the impact of living kidney donation on the clinical and psychosocial course of donors and recipients
Kidney transplantation is the best treatment option for potential organ recipients in terms of morbidity and mortality. On average, around 25% of kidney transplants nationwide are made possible by living donation.
The Heidelberg Transplant Center is one of the leading centers in Germany. Based on current studies, the short and medium-term risk after kidney donation appears to be acceptable.
Little information has been published to date on the quality of life after donation and the psychosocial consequences for donors and recipients in the long term.
The current clinical projects are investigating relevant questions on the clinical course and possible psychosocial consequences of living kidney donation on the donor and recipient.
Factors influencing the function of the remaining single kidney as well as the function of the donated kidney and determinants of morbidity in the short and long-term course are being evaluated.
Projekt-Leitung
Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Sommerer, MSc
claudia.sommerer@med.uni-heidelberg.de
+49 6221 9112 0
Partner
Prof. Dr. Beate Ditzen (Institute of Medical Psychology, Heidelberg University Hospital)
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christoph Friederich (General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, Heidelberg University Hospital)
Prof. Dr. med. Arianeb Mehrabi (Visceral Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital)
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Burgmer (Psychosomatic Medicine, LWL Clinic, Münster)
Prof. Dr. med. Martina Koch (Visceral Organ Transplantation, Mainz University Medical Center)
Dr. phil. Dipl.-Psych. Sylvia Kröncke (Center for Psychosocial Medicine, UKE Hamburg)
Prof. Dr. Barbara Suwelack (Transplantation Nephrology, University Hospital Münster)