"Living Donors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Non-cadaveric providers of organs for transplant to related or non-related recipients.
| Descriptor ID |
D019520
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.898.656
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| Concept/Terms |
Living Donors- Living Donors
- Donors, Living
- Donor, Living
- Living Donor
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Living Donors".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Living Donors" by people in this website by year, and whether "Living Donors" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2002 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2003 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2004 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2006 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2009 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2018 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| 2019 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2020 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2021 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 2022 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2023 | 3 | 23 | 26 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Living Donors" by people in Profiles.
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Living Donor Training During ASTS Fellowship: Disparities in Autonomy Between Kidney and Liver Donation. A National Survey. Clin Transplant. 2026 Sep; 40(9):e70671.
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Updates in guidelines and policy for selection, care and aftercare of the living kidney donor. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2026 Jun 01; 31(3):149-155.
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Ethical Considerations in Living Donor Liver Transplantation. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2026 06; 55(2):315-324.
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Living liver donor safety: Preoperative aspects of living liver donation- Guidelines from the ILTS-iLDLT consensus conference. Liver Transpl. 2026 Jul 01; 32(7):1049-1065.
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Early graft failure after adult living donor liver transplantation: A multicenter risk analysis and development of the early allograft failure in living donor liver transplantation (EAGLE-LDLT) model. Liver Transpl. 2026 Jul 01; 32(7):1027-1039.
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Transplant center practices that maximize access to living kidney transplantation: the Penn experience. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1700930.
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A Two-Center Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess Financial Incentives for Compliance With Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up in the United States. Clin Transplant. 2025 Dec; 39(12):e70401.
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Variations in liver allocation systems across continents with a focus on MELD exceptions. Liver Transpl. 2026 May 01; 32(5):748-764.
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Living Donor Uterus Transplantation. Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Nov 01; 146(5):764-768.
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Eligibility of Living Kidney Donors with Kidney Stone Disease. Am J Nephrol. 2026; 57(1):14-20.