Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

A kidney transplant is an operation that places a healthy kidney in your body. The transplanted kidney takes over the work of the two kidneys that failed, and you no longer need dialysis.During a transplant, the surgeon places the new kidney in your lower abdomen and connects the artery and vein of the new kidney to your artery and vein. Often, the new kidney will start making urine as soon as your blood starts flowing through it. But sometimes it takes a few weeks to start working.Many transplanted kidneys come from donors who have died. Some come from a living family member. The wait for a new kidney can be long. People who have transplants must take drugs to keep their body from rejecting the new kidney for the rest of their lives.If you have advanced and permanent kidney failure, kidney transplantation may be the treatment option that allows you to live much like you lived before your kidneys failed. Since the 1950s, when the first kidney transplants were performed, much has been learned about how to prevent rejection and minimize the side effects of medicines.ut transplantation is not a cure; it's an ongoing treatment that requires you to take medicines for the rest of your life. And the wait for a donated kidney can be years long.

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants

Kidney Transplants