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Kidney transplant - series - Indications

Indications:

Kidney transplant may be recommended for patients with kidney failure caused by:

severe, uncontrollable high blood pressure (hypertension)
infections
diabetes mellitus
congenital abnormalities of the kidneys
other diseases that cause renal failure, such as autoimmune disease

Donor kidneys are obtained from either brain-dead organ donors, or from living relatives or friends of the recipient.

Reviewed last on: 6/22/2009
Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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