On the Way to Self-sufficiency: Improving Deceased Organ Donation in India

Vivek B Kute¹, Vasanthi Ramesh^{2

3}, Mohamed Rela⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology and Clinical Transplantation, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Dr HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (IKDRC-ITS), Ahmedabad, India.
² National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization, New Delhi, India.
³ The Department of Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Bharat Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India.

Vivek B Kute et al. Transplantation. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 1;105(8):1625-1630.

doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003677.

Vivek B Kute¹, Vasanthi Ramesh^{2

3}, Mohamed Rela⁴

¹ Department of Nephrology and Clinical Transplantation, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Dr HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (IKDRC-ITS), Ahmedabad, India.
² National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization, New Delhi, India.
³ The Department of Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Bharat Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no funding or conflicts of interest.

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