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When you donate your kidney can you go home same day after surgery?
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∙ 13y ago
No not a chance.
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Can brothers donate a kidney to each other?
yes if they have the same blood type
How can a person with failed kidneys be saved?
whoever has a good kidney they can donate theirs Dialysis or kidney transplant. For a transplant, a willing donor with the same blood type has to be found. This could take years.
Is lasik eye surgery an inpatient or outpatient surgery?
Lasik eye surgery is considered an outpatient surgery because the patient is allowed to go home on the exact same day. You will still have to treat your eyes with drops and avoid to much light but you will get to go home.
What is inpatient surgery?
Outpatient means the patient goes home the same day as the surgery; inpatient means a hospital stay is required.
Can you go home the same day you have lap band surgery?
No NEVER EVER IN your life
Describe the criteria for and the advantages of outpatient surgery?
Outpatient surgery permits healthy patients return home the same day as surgery. By eliminating admission, there is decreased use of medical and financial resources.
What makes it possible to donate an organ?
Every humans' organs work in the same way. A kidney is still a kidney, a liver is still a liver, a heart and a lung are still a heart and a lung. Medical advances and knowledge allow us to basically chop out, move and reconnect these in another body, effecting the transplant.
How do they determine if your are eligible to donate a kidney?
First they find out whether you have the right blood group (since this is the quickest way to rule out a lot of people). Then they check your size; you must be the same size or slightly bigger than the recipient. Then they have to "tissue match" for the kidney; this is usually a combination of blood tests. This checks that your kidney is exactly the right match for the recipient. After all this has been established, if it is decided that you are a match, you will go through a general health and psychological screen, to check that your health is up to donating a kidney. This is usually blood tests, an MRI, EEG and ECG, and a chat with a therapist. If all these tests come back fine, you're eligible to donate.
Can you go home from the hospital the same day after you have donated your kidney?
This has been done. Following an uneventful and uncomplicated procedure, this is certainly possible.
Do patients usually require a hospital stay after knee arthroscopic surgery?
Most patients who have arthroscopic surgery are released that same day; some patients stay in the hospital overnight
Is plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery the same?
Yes they are the same just plastic surgery has added silicon which can be easily removed.
What happens if you only have one kidney?
One fully functioning kidney has the ability to clear all wastes from the body (that two kidneys would have), since healthy humans use only about 20-25% of their kidney capacity).Nothing, you will still function 100% fine. However, im not sure if it is still the same now, but you cant join the defence force with only 1 kidney.
