What are the chances of any kidney being a perfect match?
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at
4:36 pm
Just curious. I kept getting told my kidney is a perfect match and that I am very lucky to have it which I know but I am curious what are the % of people who have a perfect match. I know if my kidney failed tomorrow which i am sure it won’t since it was in good shape the last time i went to the doctors. It wasn’t from a living relative either so that probably made it more unquice. Can anyone tell me what makes a perfect match a perfect match?
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Initially when doing tranplants they aimed to get as many of the antigens between recipient and donor the same. This means they wanted to get blood group (ABO), HLA and minor antigens all the same.
With better and better drugs they have to worry less and less about match. But survival is better with good match.
Here is hoping you have a long and happy compatability!
I see it’s been a little while since you’ve posted, but hopefully I can answer some of your questions if you haven’t already found them.
I too was one of the lucky people, having to wait only 6 months for a pancreas and kidney and it being a “perfect match” to boot. The chances of getting a perfect match kidney from a natural brother or sister is about 25 percent, while from a non-living donor, the chance is only about 6.5 percent. I found that piece of info in 2006, so it may be slightly different now. Recently I read that only 1 in every 20 kidneys from a deceased donor will find a “perfect match”. I can’t remember for sure, but I believe the percentage info was from the UNOS website.
I am just about to celebrate my 8 year transplant anniversary…it’s at the 7 year mark I starting getting more and more concerned about just how long these organs will last. But so far, so good.
Best of luck to you!