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2. Kidney transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Kidney transplantation is generally considered a safe and effective treatment for end-stage kidney disease. However, like any surgery and medical procedure, it does carry certain risks and potential complications. Some of these risks include: Rejection: The body's immune system may recognize the transplanted kidney as foreign and attack it.

3. Renal replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   Renal replacement therapy includes dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis), hemofiltration, and hemodiafiltration, which are various ways of filtration of blood with or without machines. Renal replacement therapy also includes kidney transplantation, which is the ultimate form of replacement in that the old kidney is replaced by a donor ...

4. Kidney paired donation - Wikipedia

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   Kidney paired donation (KPD), or paired exchange, is an approach to living donor kidney transplantation where patients with incompatible donors swap kidneys to receive a compatible kidney. KPD is used in situations where a potential donor is incompatible.

5. Adding stem cells to a kidney transplant could get patients ...

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   Alex Hernandez was 27 when he received a kidney transplant and a dose of stem cells from his sister as one of Akkina’s patients and a trial participant. Hernandez, of Milwaukee, was born with ...

6. Organ transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The donor and recipient may be at the same location, or organs may be transported from a donor site to another location.

7. National Kidney Registry - Wikipedia

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   More than one-third of potential living kidney donors who want to donate their kidney to a friend or family member cannot because of blood type or antibody incompatibility. [3] Historically, these donors would be turned away and the patient would lose the opportunity to receive a life-saving kidney transplant. KPD overcomes donor-recipient ...