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One way of alleviating the shortage of grafts in renal transplantation is to use organs from living donors. In Scandinavia, the number of living donors greatly differs between our countries — from 3.4 per million inhabitants in Finland to 16.7 per million inhabitants in Norway. Yet, the number of cadaveric kidney transplantations does not differ much between the countries. The average in Scandinavia is 28.1 per million inhabitants, compared to Eurotransplant’s 27.45 per million. Thus, the main difference in the total number of transplantations performed in Scandinavia is due to the number of transplantations from living donors. Also, the difference between the countries probably reflects the policy of each, regarding the treatment of end-stage renal failure, economical considerations and dialysis facilities. Table 1 shows the total number of transplantations performed in 1992 in Scandinavia compared with those by Eurotransplant.
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Backman, U., Albrechtsen, D., Løkkegaard, H., Saalmela, K. (1995). The living donor program in Scandinavia. In: Touraine, J.L., Traeger, J., Bétuel, H., Dubernard, J.M., Revillard, J.P., Dupuy, C. (eds) Organ Shortage: The Solutions. Transplantation and Clinical Immunology, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0201-8_11
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