Can people over 60 years old donate kidneys?

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My brother's son has kidney failure and is scheduled for a kidney transplant. My brother wants to donate a kidney to his son, but he is 61 years old. Can he do it? Can you advise me?

Truong Giang (Tuyen Quang)

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Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thi Viet Ha, Deputy Director of the Center for Nephrology, Urology and Dialysis, Bach Mai Hospital answered:

Many people are interested in receiving a kidney transplant from a living donor, whether related or unrelated, or in a voluntary exchange program. Kidney donors need to meet certain criteria.

The first thing is that the donor must be completely voluntary, have a personal commitment, and have the family's consent.

In addition, the following criteria are required: Healthy enough to undergo surgery; Have normal kidney function and low risk of future kidney disease; Have no risk factors for transmitting infectious diseases or malignancies to the recipient; Have no risk factors affecting the donor's remaining kidney function; The donor's age should be under 60.

In case the donor is no longer young, the criteria for kidney donors must be extended: Age over 60, no risk factors (some transplant centers use donor criteria of over 70 years old, however, high donor age will come with many risks affecting the reduction of kidney transplant function).

Or people over 50 years old with risk factors (some transplant centers use the criteria of over 60 years old): High blood pressure, diabetes (can donate organs to patients with diabetes). Glomerular filtration rate > 50 ml/min and the organ is still valuable for a kidney transplant.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/nguoi-tren-60-tuoi-co-hien-than-duoc-khong-192241107221020479.htm