Question 1

how much time passes between testing and kidney transplant surgery?

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Depends on  type: Most transplant centers have adopted a streamlined approach for testing potential kidney recipients and livng donors.  This process, including necessary testing and education of both donor and recipient.  If deemed to be acceptable candidates, surgery can be scheduled within 3-4 weeks.  Of course, the waiting time for a deceased donor is quite different, averaging 3-5  years depnding on location.

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: transplant surgery?

Accepted Answer

Replacing: An existing no functioning organ with another.

Question 3

what are some signs of rejection after a transplant surgery?

Accepted Answer

Dysfunction of Organ: The major signs and symptoms relate to dysfunction of the transplanted organ.  These may be detected in abnormal blood tests such as increased creatinine (kidney), or bilirubin (liver), or blood glucose (pancreas).  If rejection is subtle there may be changes only detected on a biopsy of the transplanted organ.  Severe rejections may cause fever, chills, lethargy, or swelling and pain in the organ.

Question 4

what is the sucess rate of aheart transplant surgery?

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Excellent 1 year: While it depends a bit on some co-morbidities of the recipients, recent analysis is that unadjusted heart graft survival at 1 year is 88%; 5 years 73%, and 10 years 52%.  Some of the reasons that grafts are lost over time relate to other diseases and infections.

Question 5

can animal organs be used for human transplant surgery?

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Good question : That has been a topic of continued research for decades.  Unfortunately animal or xenotransplants, cause very severe rejection and would not last long.  The future holds the promise of genetically engineering such animal organs so they will not trigger severe rejection.  Today pig hear valves can be altered so they can be maintained in a human.

Question 6

how long would a kidney transplant surgery take?

Accepted Answer

Choices: Despite the difficulties, expense and hard work, you are much better off caring for your current organs with your diabetes. If you end up with damaged kidneys despite your best diabetes care efforts, then you can rest assured you can care for your new transplanted organs, (also a lot of work, difficulties and expense). Find a diabetes support group, get involved in your care. Good luck.

Question 7

should vision worsen after corneal transplant surgery?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Yes initially after transplant surgery your vision may be worse. Depending on the type fo transplant it may take anywhere from 3-12 months to recover.

Question 8

what is the total cost of a kidney transplant surgery?

Accepted Answer

Difficult to pinpoin: But mostly runs about 50, 000 to 60, 000, usually this is the reimbursement to hospitals.

Question 9

on average, how long will a kidney transplant surgery take?

Accepted Answer

Kidney transplant: The surgical procedure is 3 to 4 hours. However, getting onto a transplant list takes time. Waiting until an organ becomes available takes time. Recovery, transplant medications, monitoring and possible complications last your lifetime. Take care of your current organs. Take care of your diabetes. Good luck.

Question 10

what is the annual fatality rate for kidney transplant surgery?

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Better than dialysis: Depends on the donor source and the age and existing co-morbiditeis of the recipient such as cardiovascular disease.  The one year mortality after kidney transplant ranges from 2 to 8%.  5 year mortality is about 20%.  This of course is superior to the annual mortality on dialysis of 15-20%.

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