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KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

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Organ Transplantation Functions of Kidney Kidney Transplantation

OBJECTIVES

It is a transplantation of organ for the purpose of replacing damaged or absent organ.

The tissue and cells must be living for organ transplantation.

Blood and tissue test must match with donor to transplant an organ.

Organ Transplantation

The first transplanted organ is cornea in 1905.

Organs that can be transplanted are the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas, intestine, and thymus.

Removing wastes and water from the blood

Balancing chemicals in your body Releasing hormones

Functions of Kidney

Helping control blood pressure Helping to produce red blood cells Producing vitamin D, which keeps the

bones strong and healthy

KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

A kidney transplant is an operation that places a healthy kidney in your body.

After transplantation operation, the patient do not need dialysis anymore.

There are 2 types of kidney transplantation according to the source of kidney.

1) Kidney from living donors 2) Kidney from deceased donors.

TYPES OF TRANSPLANTATION

The surgery lasts for 3 hours. The donor kidney will be placed in the lower abdomen and its blood vessels connected to arteries and veins in the patient's body.

When this is complete, blood will be allowed to flow through the kidney again.

The final step is connecting the ureter from the donor kidney to the bladder. In most cases, the kidney will soon start producing urine.

Operation Process

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/human-biology/organ-transplant.htm

http://www.renalinfo.com/us/how_kidneys_work_and_fail/kidney_functions/index.html

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