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Bookmark or Share- Kidney transplant - Mayo ClinicPaired donation is another type of living kidney donation if you have a willing kidney donor whose organ isn't compatible with you or doesn't match well for other reasons. Rather than donating a kidney directly to you, your donor may give a kidney to someone who may be a better match. Then you receive a compatible kidney from that recipient's ...
- Individuals with controlled hypertension can safely donate a kidneyNormal kidney function for age; The Mayo Clinic transplant team does not accept those with severe hypertension, defining patients with hypertension as safe for potential kidney donation if the condition is mild or controlled. "We have to remain very selective, because the first intention is to protect the donor's future health," says Dr. Issa.
- Organ donation: Don't let these myths confuse you - Mayo ClinicMyth: Organ donation is against my faith. Fact: Most major faiths accept organ donation. These include Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, most branches of Judaism and most Protestant faiths. Some religions believe organ donation to be an act of charity. If you don't know where your faith stands on organ donation, ask a member of your clergy.
- Living-donor transplant - Mayo ClinicSpecific long-term complications associated with living-kidney donation include high blood pressure, elevated protein levels in urine and reduced kidney function. Liver donation risks The risks of living liver donation also are low, but experience with this procedure is more limited because it was introduced into medical practice more recently ...
- Living-donor transplant - Care at Mayo Clinic - Mayo ClinicSurgeons perform minimally invasive surgery to remove a living donor's kidney (laparoscopic donor nephrectomy) for a kidney transplant, which is less painful and has a shorter recovery time for the donor compared with open surgery.
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