The indication for kidney transplantation is end-stage renal disease . Common diseases leading to end-stage renal disease include malignant hypertension, infections, diabetes mellitus and glomerulonephritis; genetic causes include polycystic kidney disease, a number of inborn errors of metabolism, and autoimmune conditions such as lupus and Goodpasture's syndrome.
A kidney transplant is surgery to place a healthy kidney into a person with kidney failure. Kidney transplantation is typically classified as deceased-donor or living-donor transplantation depending on the source of the donor organ.
The living-donor of kidney may be from:
Kidneys from living related donors do better than from donors who have died.
People who receive a transplanted kidney may reject the new organ. In order to avoid rejection, almost all kidney transplant recipients must take medicines that suppress their immune response for the rest of their life. This is called immunosuppressive therapy.
For people, who received a donated kidney, will need to stay in the hospital for about a week. Afterwards, they will need close follow-up by a doctor and regular blood tests.
We recommend organ transplantation in clinics of: Germany, Israel, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey.
