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Kidney Transplant Surgery

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Transplant To speak of renal transplantation in scientific terms must go back to the early twentieth century when Ullmann in 1902 announced the first kidney transplant in a dog, but it’s the middle of this century when this surgery becomes a real treatment option, especially from 1954 when Murray performed the first successful transplant between twin brothers.

The technique of transplantation has changed little over the decades, confined, in most cases, heterotopic in its location at the level of the iliac fossa with anastomosis of renal artery and vein to the external iliac vein and artery and ureter to the bladder as different techniques uréterocisto-neostomía.

There has been much evolution of surgical techniques but the emergence of new and improved immunosuppressive the cause of the excellent results obtained in the graft survival rate, reaching 90% in the first year in the most experienced centers, Although we must not forget that the best knowledge and management of the arteries and veins and the use of vascular patches have allowed a group of transplanted kidneys that were discarded years ago. (more…)

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Donor Kidney Transplantation without Heartbeat

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Kidney transplant Advances in medicine have resulted in longer life expectancy of many people with kidney disease, so that there are many patients who can lead a relatively normal life with the help of dialysis, although this entails negative aspects, such as feeling “dependency” of a machine. Thus, for many kidney transplant patients is presented as a wonderful opportunity to leave the dialysis, however, many potential recipients of organs and few donors.

Finding a donor organ that fits to perfection the characteristics of the patient is a rather complicated task. To begin with, has always preferred that the donor had even heartbeat, that is, had suffered brain death losing their neurological functions, but not some “automatic.” Donors of this type ensures that the organ in question is getting blood supply to the time of transplantation, which is conducive to their role in the new body. The problem with this approach is that few donors with beating that may arise.

The other option would be to get an organ from a donor without a heartbeat (that body in which there is no circulatory or respiratory functions). This means that the kidney (more…)

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Kidney Transplantation

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

transplant The kidney was the first organ to be transplanted into a man with very good results. Physicians and surgeons who specialize in kidney transplants have a huge experience. The operation has a high success rate.

A successful kidney transplant relieves the patient of the need for dialysis, and is a more effective treatment for kidney failure compared with peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis. A successful kidney transplant provides 10 times more function than dialysis. Transplant patients have fewer restrictions and better quality of life than dialysis patients. Most people feel better and have more energy than when they were on dialysis.

Is a complex process of finding a suitable kidney for transplantation. Several tests are needed to determine if the transplanted kidney is well adapted to the receiver in terms of blood group and tissue type.

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