Transplant
Welcome to the Mayo Clinic Transplant page! Here you can learn about heart, liver, kidney, pancreas, lung, hand, face, and blood and bone marrow transplant, living donation, read articles from the Mayo Clinic team, patient stories and much more. Our transplant page is designed to bring relevant and informative transplant information directly to you.
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Donation Chains Save Lives
Today more than 112,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant and over 83% of those are waiting for a kidney. Increasing the number of possible living donors is one of the best ways to reduce this waiting list for kidney transplant. Paired donation kidney transplant is a way to [...]
Hepatitis C is No Longer a Barrier for Transplantation
Organs from deceased donors are screened thoroughly. It is important to determine if the donor has an infection that could be transmitted to recipients through the transplanted organs and/or tissues. In past years, donated organs that tested positive for hepatitis C were discarded. However, according to some of the latest [...]
Immunosuppression: Watching For and Managing Side Effects
Following transplant, you will need to take medications to prevent your body from attacking/ rejecting your new organ(s). These medications are called immunosuppressants. You will likely be on a combination of these medications as each of the medications work in different areas of the immune system. The reason for using [...]
Living Donor Liver Transplant: Is it Appropriate for Patients in Critical Need?
Living donor liver transplant offers some patients a speedier alternative to waiting for a deceased donor liver. Patients generally have a shorter waiting period and experience fewer health complications if a living donor option exists. You and your medical team are able to select the ideal timing of your surgery. [...]
Innovations in Transplantation at Mayo Clinic
The problem with organ transplantation is that there can only be as many transplants as there are organs available. This means sick individuals sometimes wait months or years before receiving a life-saving transplant. Mayo Clinic continues to be a leader in transplant innovations with the goal to transform the way [...]
