Mayo Clinic on living-donor kidney transplant program
May 12
Mayo Clinic Arizona has one of the largest living-donor kidney transplant programs in the U.S.
In general, living-donor kidneys will function longer than deceased-donor kidneys. Here are five things you may not know about living-donor kidney donation:
- There are close to 150,000 people in the Unites States waiting for a kidney transplant, and fewer than 30,000 will receive a transplant each year due to a shortage of donors.
- Kidney donation is the most common form of living organ donation.
- You can live a full, healthy life with one kidney.
- You don’t have to be a match to be able to donate a kidney to help a friend of family member.
- Recovery is faster than you might think thanks to new surgical advances.
Carrie Jadlowiec, M.D. and Transplant Surgeon from Arizona Mayo Clinic, joined “Arizona Horizon” to tell us more.
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