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An overview of living-donor kidney transplant for donors and adult and pediatric patients. The Q&A featured Mayo Clinic Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program Surgical Director Mikel Prieto, M.D., Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program Medical Director Carl Cramer, M.D., and kidney donor and pediatrician Phil Fischer, M.D.. Dr. Prieto and Dr. Cramer explain the advantages of living donor transplantation, preemptive kidney transplantation, paired donation and donor chains, the kidney transplant operation for donors and patients, how potential donors can be screened, and what patients can do to be in the best possible condition for surgery. Dr. Fischer discusses his experience as a donor. After the presentation, the doctors answered questions.
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My mother has good health and is 72. can she be a donor to my 22 yr old daughter?
I have some medical issues caused by medication. My primary care physician is in the process of tapering me off of medication to resolve those issues. Will I still be able to donate as long as my labs are in range.
Yes I would also like to know in terms of preemptive kidney transplants what is the earliest stage that you would transplant someone? I have a family member with PKD and is currently stage 2.
Hi!! Two months ago I was donator. I would like to know about physical activity and nutrition. I'm 27 years.
I have stage 4 CKD, adult life-long Crohn's and in 2001 Rectal Cancer.My blood pressure is generally normal. A brother wants to donate a kidney. He has been a drinker all his adult life. What sort of donor could this be? I am on many meds...what effect do they have on a transplant?
My donor is a relative matches 5/10 but has A2 and I dont. They say my chance of rejection is 20%. What is a reasonable rejection %?
Can you be on more than one paired donation group at a time?
My husband is currently receiving dialysis due to end stage renal failure. He has no anti-bodies and we have same blood type. My chances of being his donor is good but I have some health issues. My doctors treating those conditions have given their okay that I will be just fine for transplantation. Will I be able to be evaluated?
Does Mayo have an upper age limit to evaluate a potential living kidney donor?
Than-you so much for your info. on pre-emptive kidney transplant and this entire webinar. - Porter Versfelt, Atlanta