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When the kidney is no longer capable of functioning. However most people with failed nonfunctioning kidneys spend years (or even their entire life) on dialysis instead of getting a transplant.
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When was the first kidney transplant carried out worldwide?
Joseph Murray performed the first successful transplant, a kidney transplant between identical twins, in 1954, successful because no immunosuppression was necessary in genetically identical twins.
Would kidney transplants still be necessary if dialysis machines were to become cheap tiny and portable?
Yes!! kidney transplants would still be necessary as some patients bodies reject dialysis treatment and they resort to kidney transplant. Therefore even if dialysis machines are cheap, transplants are still required.
Why is tissue typing necessary before a kidney transplant?
because your zubi will not accept the new organ
What are the problems that still remain of a kidney transplant?
Kidney failure and kidney rejection can still remain after kidney transplant.
Does chronic cholestasis require a liver transplant?
A liver transplant may become necessary if complications occur
What can help the machine through in transplant of kidney?
kidney transplant (defination , machine)
What is replacement of a kidney called?
kidney transplant
Where do they create the incision if you are getting a kidney transplant?
The incision for a kidney transplant is in the lower part of the Abdomen
How do you the word transplant in a sentence?
He received a kidney transplant
What kind of transplant did Carley Cartee have?
a kidney transplant
Did Tracy Morgan have a kidney transplant?
Yes, Tracy Morgan had a kidney transplant. He has diabetes and struggled with alcohol abuse which necessitated a kidney transplant in December of 2010. He received a kidney from a friend named Tanisha Hall.
What if you don't have a kidney transplant?
If you have kidney failure then you will need to do dialysis or have a kidney transplant. If treatment is not received, the build up of toxins is fatal.
