Living-Donor Kidney Transplant
Current as of: December 12, 2018
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:E. Gregory Thompson, MD – Internal Medicine & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine
For a living-donor kidney transplant, the recipient’s diseased or damaged kidneys usually are left in place. The donor’s kidney is placed in the recipient’s lower abdomen and connected to blood vessels and the bladder. The recipient’s and donor’s surgeries are carried out at the same time in different operating rooms.