Article updated and reviewed by Nader Najafian, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician,
Kidney Transplantation is the surgical procedure of placing a fully functioning kidney into a person with severe kidney failure. This procedure is usually an elective one, performed in patients who have undergone careful preoperative assessment and preparation, since
Chronic kidney disease in itself has been found to be an independent predictor for the development of heart disease and is associated with... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 1 diabetics in need of a kidney transplant may increase their long-term survival rate with a simultaneous pancreas-kidney... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
A kidney transplant is surgery to place a healthy kidney into a person with kidney failure.Alternative NamesRenal transplant; Transplant -... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- A new study reveals three genes that contain common mutations may put some people at a higher risk for kidney disease. More than... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Kidney diseases are disorders that affect the kidneys; the two organs that remove waste products, produce certain hormones, and regulate the level of... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disease that causes cysts to form in the kidneys.These renal (of the kidney) cysts are filled with... Read more »