Nephrologist ·
Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket , Delhi, India
30 Years of experience ·
Languages Spoken: Hindi , English
Here is an outline of the conditions that are treated by Dr. Dinesh Khullar, a Kidney Transplant Surgeon.
Extreme infections like hepatitis. tuberculosis and bone infections lead to the situation where you need to get your kidney transplanted. Kidney transplant could be a requirement for patients who have recently recovered from cancer or who are suffering from cancer now. Other conditions because of which a kidney transplant could become necessary are excessive cardiovascular or liver disease.
We bring to you the symptoms and signs which end up affecting the filtering ability of the kidneys to up to 90 percent which means the person has end stage kidney disease and is a good candidate for a kidney transplant.
Please consult your Kidney Transplant Surgeon whether you need to get a transplant done if your kidneys have failed i.e., you have end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Long term diabetes can bring your kidneys to this situation that you end up getting a kidney transplant. Also, it is High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) that has become a leading cause of irreversible damage being done to the kidneys.
10 am to 6 pm, Monday to Saturday are the doctor's operating hours. The initial recuperation period from the surgery is anytime upto one week.
Popular procedures performed by Dr. Dinesh Khullar are as follows:
The donors whose kidney is transplanted in the place of the diseased kidney could be a living or deceased donor. The preemptive kidney transplant procedure is when the kidney is replaced before the person goes on dialysis. One must go for regular checkups post the procedure to know if the transplanted kidney is working well..
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A kidney transplant surgeon helps you by replacing the diseased kidney or kidneys with a healthy one. The surgeon not just performs the procedure but handholds you through the preoperative and post operative rehabilitation as well. Recommending the right tests and prescribing medicines is also done by them. While the procedure is being performed they are a part of the team which also includes Nephrologists, nurses and other technicians as well.
There is a number of tests required to evaluate your candidature for a kidney transplant and they are listed below::
We bring to you some more tests that could be required in the process of kidney transplant.:
The right frequency and timing of the tests is important so that the transplant goes efficiently and the kidneys are well accepted. Few of these tests are important to know the heart strength and they are Echocardiogram, Electrocardiogram and the cardiac stress test.
It is when your kidneys are failing that you could opt for a kidney transplant, in consultation with a Kidney Transplant Surgeon. You can avoid the condition of going on the dialysis at all by getting a kidney transplant to preempt this situation. It is not just the actual procedure but the surgeon assists you with how the body is faring with the new kidney. It is the surgeon whom you must consult when you are in the process of deciding whether to get a transplanted kidney or not.
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