KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

Kidney transplant is a replacement of non functioning Kidneys with a healthy Kidney. There are two types of donors, living donor and cadaveric donor (a person who dies accidentaly or it is also called brain death). The surgeon who operate the Kidney transplant places a healthy Kidney in your abdomen and joint artery to Kidney for the supply of blood and then joint the Kidney to veins that carries out filtered blood to the body for circulation. The Kidney is also joint from ureter, which carries waste products and excessive water to the bladder in the form of urine. Your own Kidneys will left in place as it is until causing any problem like infections. Usually Kidney transplant is not a complicated or difficult surgery but the period after the surgery is the most critical one. The patient will be under examination for about 6 months to make sure for the transplanted Kidney functions are proper or not.

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