A kidney transplant is a surgery done to replace a diseased kidney with a healthy kidney from a donor.
The kidney may come from a deceased organ donor or from a living donor. Family members or others who are a good match may be able to donate one of their kidneys. This type of transplant is called a living transplant.
Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease. Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantation depending on the source of the donor organ. Living-donor kidney transplants are further characterized as genetically related (living-related) or non-related (living-unrelated) transplants, depending on whether a biological relationship exists between the donor and recipient.
One Kidney from donor either live or cadaveric is taken out and transplanted in recipient body usually in Right iliac fossa.
Prognosis:
Usually success rate is 95 % in 1st year and up to 80 % for 5 years.
Live Related Renal Transplant and Cadaveric Renal Transplant
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