subject: Questions That Usually Arise Before The Kidney Transplant Surgery [print this page] The renal transplant surgery is when all the options to save the person fail. Before the surgery many question might arise in your mind. Some of the common questions are mentioned below with the appropriate answers.
From where does the new kidney come?
There are mainly two sources from where the new kidney comes. One is the person living and the other is the dead person. These are called kidney donors. The living donors are most probably family members and in most of the cases spouses. The kidney of the dead person comes when he/she has signed the organ donor card before their death. This is nothing but their will that they would want their kidney to be donated after death. There are many people who do so. Apart from this the family of the deceased person also gives permission for donating the kidney to a needy person.
This does not mean that any kidney can be transplanted to the person in need. The person if alive and the kidney are scrutinised well before the kidney transplant surgery. This is done to make sure that there does not arise any type of complications in the future.
What happens at the time of the kidney transplant process?
Kidney transplant surgery is placing of new healthy kidneys in to the body of the person so that it can perform all the required functions of the kidney which the failed kidney could not.
The new kidney is placed either on the left or the right side of the abdomen where it is connected to the blood vessels. The kidney is placed in this position so that it becomes simple to connect it with blood vessels as well as the bladder. The new kidneys ureter is connected to your bladder so that urine can pass out in the right way.
What happens to the old kidneys?
Most probably, the kidney that is not functioning is not removed. There are three conditions which might force the doctor to remove the kidneys are those are mentioned below:
infection that could even spread to the new kidneys
Unmanageable hypertension which is caused by the original kidneys.
Backup of urine into the kidneys, a condition which is known as reflux.
The above mentioned questions are the most common ones but are not restricted to only these. If any other query arises in your mind then consulting the doctor before the kidney transplant surgery is a good idea.
