Renal transplantation

Medical and scientific advances have improved the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disorders. Organ transplantation has evolved from an experimental surgery to a medically accepted form of treatment for organ failure. The kidney was the first organ to be successfully replaced by a donor organ, and it is presently the most commonly transplanted organ. Kidney transplantation restores reasonably normal health to patients whose kidneys no longer function, and it frees them from the limitations imposed by dialysis. Improved graft survival rates have further enhanced the desirability of transplantation.