A kidney transplant is an operation to remove a healthy kidney from a living donor or recently deceased person and then transplant it into a person with end-stage renal disease. A kidney transplant from a deceased person is also called a cadaveric kidney transplant. In this case, a kidney transplant occurs with advance planning and preparation of the recipient in order to have time to transplant a kidney before irreversible organic changes in the tissues of the organ can begin.
A kidney transplant is a major surgery.
A person who has had a kidney transplant is usually on dialysis for several months or years prior to the transplant procedure. The resulting kidney is placed through an incision into the renal pelvis and attached to the recipient’s blood vessels and bladder. Dysfunctional kidneys are usually left in place. Sometimes they are removed due to the development of an infection.
Transplantation, this is not only a serious operation, but also immunosuppressants, which, on the one hand, prevent kidney rejection, and on the other hand, are very nephrotoxic and are themselves capable of destroying the function of the graft. Therefore, the correct dosage, the success of the longevity of the transplanted kidney.
