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What is Kidney Transplant and its indications?
Kidney Transplant is a surgical procedure that involves replacing or transplanting the failed or damaged kidney with a healthy kidney from the donor. It helps to treat several kidney diseases.
Kidney Transplant is indicated in the following conditions:
What can be the advantages of Kidney Transplant?
Some of the advantages of Kidney Transplant are:
What is the required preparation for Kidney Transplant?
What are the steps involved in Kidney Transplant?
Kidney Transplant includes the following steps:
What is the care taken after Kidney Transplant?
Who is the right specialist to perform a Kidney Transplant?
What is the cost of Kidney Transplant in Mumbai?
Some factors may affect the cost of Kidney Transplant in Mumbai and they are:
Minimum charges in Mumbai starts from Rs. 1,80,000
Average cost in Mumbai is approximately Rs. 6,84,000
Maximum price in Mumbai rise up to Rs. 11,00,000
Is Kidney Transplant major surgery or minor surgery?
Kidney Transplant is major surgery as it involves replacing the failed kidney with the donor's healthy kidney.
What type of people can choose a Kidney Transplant?
People with the following conditions can choose a Kidney Transplant:
What type of people cannot choose Kidney Transplant?
People with the following conditions cannot choose Kidney Transplant:
What are the risks and complications of Kidney Transplant?
Kidney Transplant has the following risks and complications:
What is the required time to complete a Kidney Transplant?
The time required to complete Kidney Transplant may be 2-3 hours.
What is the recovery time from a Kidney Transplant?
To recover from a Kidney Transplant, the patient may take around 3-8 weeks.
What is the success rate of Kidney Transplant?
Kidney Transplant success rate depends on the following factors:
However, the success rate of Kidney Transplant maybe 85% to 90%.
Does Kidney Transplant cause pain?
Kidney Transplant does not cause any pain during surgery. However, after the surgery, there may be mild to moderate pain.
Is Kidney Transplant a permanent procedure/surgery?
Kidney Transplant may not be a permanent surgery as the life span of the transplanted kidney from a deceased donor is 12 years and from a living person lasts up to 15 years.
What are the long-term goals of Kidney Transplant?
What are the options to look after the failure of Kidney Transplant?
In case of a failed Kidney Transplant, the doctor may suggest dialysis.