Reasons and effects of the decline of willing related potential living kidney donors

Figure 1 Flowchart of the potential living kidney donors and their intended recipients showing the levels of decline of the potential donors from the stage of access to the kidney transplantation center to the achievement of kidney transplantation. PLD: Protentional living donor.

Figure 2 Diagram of the different phases of the evaluation of the potential living kidney donors, showing the essential workups, percentages of declined donors, and causes of decline in each phase. DSA: Donor-specific antigens test; HLA: Human leukocytic antigen; KT: Kidney transplantation; PLD: Protentional living donor; PRA: Panel reactive antibodies test.