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Six patients involved in a triple kidney swap conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Center met for the first time on July 8, 2011. Each recipient originally came to the hospital with an intended donor: a spouse, a sibling and a church friend. However, when the blood and tissue typing revealed their intended donors were not a match, all three pairs entered UMMC's Paired Kidney Exchange (PKE) Program, which seeks to create swaps among incompatible pairs. The transplants took place on June 15, 2011.
All three donors had their kidneys removed through single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) through their belly buttons. The University of Maryland Medical Center was the first hospital in Maryland and only the third hospital in the country to offer this minimally invasive technique for living kidney donors. Donors are often amazed at how easy the surgery can be.
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