How long should I stay for Kidney Transplantation?
How is surgery performed?
What is the post-sugical care?
What are the possible risks and complications?
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How long should I stay for Kidney Transplantation?
It is advisable to stay at least a month to complete a whole process. On an arrival day, a patient should stay in a hotel to relax from a long flight and have a surgery on the following day. Normally, Kidney Transplantation requires 4-7 days in hospital. Post operative check up will be done afterward.
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How is surgery performed?
You will undergo a medical evaluation, tests and examination which may take weeks or months. The surgeon places the new kidney (graft) from the donor in your abdomen and attaches it to the artery that supplied blood to one of your kidneys and to the vein that carries blood away from the kidney. The kidney is also attached to the ureter, which carries urine from the kidney to the bladder. The operation takes about 3-6 hours.
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What is the post-sugical care?
It is the period after the surgery that is most critical. Your medical team will watch very carefully to make sure that your new kidney is functioning properly and that your body is not rejecting the kidney. You will be given instructions on proper doses of and schedule for anti-rejection medication. You will be taught how to measure your blood pressure, temperature, and urine output at home.
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What are the possible risks and complications?
Rejection
Infection
Cancer
High Blood Cholesterol Level
Liver disease
Weakening of the bones
Women who wish to become pregnant are usually told to wait for 2 years after the operation.