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A donor is somebody who gives one or more of their organs to somebody who has died. As we have two kidneys it is possible to donate one of them while you are still alive. But only a dead person can donate their heart. The best sources of hearts are people who have died in accidents like car crashes as the heart will probably be in very good condition.
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Why a kidney donor can give a kidney at any time and stay alive however a heart donor is always a person who has just died why?
A Human being has two kidneys and can donate one and continue to live. However the quality of life is lowered after the donation.
What is some advantage for donating a kidney alive?
If a kidney is taken from a live donor it is much healthier and has a better chance of being accepted by the recipient's body than a kidney from a dead donor. For the donor, this does involve major surgery, so it's a bit of a disadvantage to the living donor.
What is Kidney transplantation?
Kidney transplantation involves surgically attaching a functioning kidney, or graft, from a brain dead organ donor (a cadaver transplant), or from a living donor, to a patient
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What is a cadaver kidney?
A kidney from a brain-dead organ donor used for purposes of kidney transplantation.
How is kidney transplant done?
Based on the source of donated kidney, kidney transplant can be classified as deceased donor or living donor transplant. Answer: To the question of HOW a kidney transplant is done. The donor kidney will be extracted including part of the urinary tract and vein/arteries. The blood is extracted from the kidney and it is flushed clean. Then transported on ice to where the recipient is. The donor kidney is transplanted into the person in their lower abdomen. They join the veins/artery etc to the recipients, having disconnected them from the existing bad kidney. They do not take out the recipients bad kidneys (unless it has tumour) but leaves them there, as no point in performing unnecessary surgery.
Can a kidney donor drink alcohol after operation?
no
What are kidney implants?
Kidney of a donor is implanted in recipient human who has non functional/ defective/damaged kidney.
Can a heart donor be a living donor?
Not really...
The legal aspects of the kidney transplant?
As soon as the kidney is inside the recipient, the donor has no legal claim to it. I think this will also apply to living donor liver transplants.
What is cadaver kidney transplant?
It means you are receiving a kidney from a deceased person, not a living donor.
Can a nephrectomy remove a healthy kidney?
It is also used to remove a healthy kidney from a donor for the purposes of kidney transplantation
