Diabetes and Transplants
How Does Diabetes Impact a Transplant? When a patient has kidney failure related to type 1 diabetes, a simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant (SKP) is done, if the physician deems transplant to [...]
Donors and Transplants
For both kidney and simultaneous kidney-pancreas (SKP) transplants, two types of donors exist: Living donor Deceased donor In either case, the donor has to be a match with you. For [...]
What is Kidney Transplant?
When your kidneys fail, two treatment options exist: dialysis or a transplant. A transplant involves the removal of your failing kidney and replacement of it with a new kidney from a [...]