Unilateral out-of-sequence kidney allocations rose 17-fold since 2020

Out-of-sequence kidney transplants, including unilateral allocations, increased substantially between 2020 and 2024, according to study data published in JAMA Network Open. Out-of-sequence kidney transplant allocations are used by organ procurement organizations to transplant a kidney outside of the standardized wait-list sequence, according to Miko E. Yu, MA, of the Columbia University Renal