Donating Another Person's Kidney: Avoiding the Discard of Organs by Retransplantation.

Background: Procurement and retransplantation of a previously transplanted kidney reclaim a functioning organ that would otherwise have been discarded.

Methods: Case series of 3 retransplantation cases within the course of 1 calendar year.

Results: These cases illustrate how to overcome the immunological, logistical, and technical barriers that have thus far limited the potential of this approach.