Advances in surgery and care now allow people to donate a kidney to help relatives, friends, or even strangers in need of transplant.
Living-donor kidney transplants increase the number of organs available for patients on the transplant waitlist.
Living-donor transplant offers many advantages for people with chronic kidney disease. Donors have the additional benefit of knowing that they have contributed to another person’s life in a very meaningful way.
With any surgical procedure, there are also inherent risks both the kidney donor and recipient must carefully consider. Our transplant physicians and coordinators will carefully outline and discuss all of the potential risks of the transplant.