Kidney transplantation places a healthy kidney from a living or diseased donor into the body of a person with end-stage kidney failure. It is one of the most common transplantation operations, and can help a person with kidney failure live much as he did before his kidneys failed.

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New Warning Signs That may Predict Kidney Transplant Failure Revealed
medindia 8870 Posts A new study has suggested that kidney transplants that show a combination of fibrosis (scarring) and inflammation after one year are at higher risk of long-term transplant failure. ...Read More
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i am akidney transplant recipiant and i'm lookin at loosing my kidney in a yr maybe less i have had my transplant for 20 yrs and its the longest living one known ..the transplant comming up will be my 3rd n the 1st one was alive doner and the second was a cadaver which lasted 20 yrs just found this out for sure that i don't have inflamation on the kidney just scaring and thats due to age anmd meds

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