There is an ever increasing disparity in supply and demand for donor organs and those
in need of a life-saving transplant. In the United States in 2021, there were over
105,000 individuals awaiting organ transplant with only 13,800 deceased and 6500 living
donor transplants performed.
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Due to constraints in organ availability, the transplant community continues to work
on expanding the donor pool including utilization of organs from older donors.https://unos.org/data/. Accessed May 25, 2022.
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Publication history
Published online: May 29, 2022
Accepted:
May 27,
2022
Received:
May 25,
2022
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