Pre-operative Evaluation
Patients eligible for kidney transplantation should perform a group of special serological tests. These special blood tests are prerequisites for operation and are required to determine the type of blood and tissue. Test findings contribute to matching a donor kidney to a recipient’s kidney. These tests include:
1) Blood Typing Test
Blood typing test is a well-known procedure to find out which blood group the patient has. There are four blood groups: A, B, AB, and O. Everyone falls into one of these types. The donor, as well as the recipient, should have the same blood type or compatible blood types.
Patients with blood group O are the hardest to match because blood type O is a universal donor but can only receive from the same blood type. On the other hand, blood group AB is the easiest to match because it is a universal recipient.
