Transplant Tourism Increases Health-Related Risks for Organ Recipients

November 9, 2015

(Eurekalert) – Traveling abroad to receive a kidney from a paid living donor at a commercial transplant center carries considerable risks, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2015 Nov. 3-8 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. While the ethical aspects of transplant tourism — when patients travel abroad to purchase organs for transplants — have received much attention recently, less has been written about the medical safety of this practice.