1. What is a kidney transplant?
A kidney transplant is a treatment for kidney failure that replaces the work your own kidneys can no longer do.

2. How successful is a Kidney Transplant?
The success rate of a kidney transplant depends upon the patient’s health condition. The survival rate after Transplantation is about 85% to 95%.

3. Who can undergo a kidney transplant?
If you have chronic irreversible kidney disease that has not responded to other medical or surgical treatments, you can undergo Kidney Transplant.

4. Who are not likely advised to undergo a Kidney Transplant?
If your loved one has any of these conditions, they may be advised to not get a kidney transplant:

• Active or recently treated cancer
• Illness that might limit their life to just a few more years
• Infection that can’t be treated or keeps coming back
• Serious health condition, like severe heart disease
• Very overweight
• Dementia
• Drug or alcohol abuse
• Hard time remembering to take medicine
• Mental health problems that aren’t easily managed

5. Who are the best surgeons for kidney transplant?
Yashoda Institute of Kidney Transplantation has the best surgeons for kidney transplant. They have successfully conducted 1000+ transplants and are well experienced in performing kidney transplantation.

6. What is the long-term life expectancy after a  kidney transplant?
A kidney transplant patient typically lives longer than those who stay on dialysis. A living donor kidney functions 12 to 20 years, and a deceased donor kidney functions from 8 to 12 years on average.

7. What are the complications associated with a kidney transplant?
Some complications associated with a kidney transplant are:

• Urinary Tract Infections
• Colds and flu
• Blood clots & Bleeding
• Narrowing of an artery
• Urine leakage
• Blocked ureter
• Acute rejection

8. What are the advantages of a successful kidney transplant?
Kidney transplantation is often preferable to dialysis. A successful kidney transplant can improve the quality of life, avoid dialysis, reduce dietary restrictions and long term health problems.
While being on dialysis is inevitable until the donor kidney is available. Once kidney transplant is successful the problems associated with dialysis such as anemia and heart disease can be avoided.

9. What are the indications for a kidney transplant?
The most common indication for kidney transplantation is ESRD caused by diabetes, hypertension, glomerulonephritis, and polycystic kidney disease.

10. What happens if a kidney transplant fails?
If the transplant kidney fails, the doctor will check for clots if any and remove it to save the kidney. If the kidney cannot be saved the kidney is removed and the patient may be put on dialysis.