Renal transplantation is the definitive treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). ESRD can be defined as patients who are suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD) and require regular dialysis or possibility of permanent dialysis requirement is imminent. Renal transplantation is regularly been done at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali, by an expert team under Dr Shailendra Goel, Urologist in Noida, Ghaziabad, Vaishali. In a Kidney transplant, donated Kidney is implanted in the lower abdomen of the patient (Recipient).
How can a patient of ESRD get a kidney?
ESRD patient can get a kidney from either any of his relative (voluntary living kidney donation) or brain dead cadaver. Any relative of a patient can donate his/ her one kidney to the patient. The donor is medically screened for any disease and fitness for donation. Donor surgery is now routinely been done by Laparoscopy at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali.
What is Cadaveric Donation?
Braindead donors are considered dead but the donor’s heart continues to beat and maintain circulation to organs. When the team of experts declare any hospitalised patient as brain dead, his / her family member can decide to donate his organs (Heart, Liver, Kidneys, Eyes) to patients suffering from end-organ damage.
How can any patient opt for Cadaveric Transplantation?
If any patient is not having a suitable living donor in his/ her family, he can opt for cadaveric transplantation. Every transplant hospital maintains a waiting list of suitable end-stage organ disease patients. We at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali, maintain a waiting list for kidney transplantation from Cadaver. We have done many cadaveric transplantations recently.
What if the patient does not have a matching donor in the family?
Kidney transplantation is usually done with blood group matching donor and recipient. If matching donor is not available in the family or near relatives, then ABO-incompatible transplant can be done. In this scenario, the recipient’s blood is washed off for antibodies against opposite blood group by plasmapheresis and some medications are given for desensitization. At Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali, we have the facility of ABO-incompatible renal transplantation.
What is swap kidney transplantation?
If any two ESRD patients, whose Donors do not have matching blood groups but one patient’s donor blood group matches with other patient’s blood group and other patient’s donor blood group matches with first patient’s blood group. In this scenario, donor’s kidneys are exchanged among two recipients.
We at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali are usually doing swap renal transplantation.