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18 Years of experience
Speaks: English
Dr. Kim Soon Bae treats a number of conditions some of whom are mentioned here for your perusal:
Your kidneys can be affected from infections including hepatitis, tuberculosis and bone infections because of which you end up needing a kidney transplant. You might need to get a kidney transplant if you have cancer now or had it in the recent past. Are you suffering from liver disease or cardiovascular disease? Then it is a possibility that you could have to get a kidney transplant.
Let us have a look at the signs and symptoms because of which kidneys end up losing 90% of ability to filter then the person has end stage kidney disease and will need 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). Patients who have been diabetic for a pretty long time might end up having this disease. Another major reason that could result in serious irreversible damage to the kidneys is having High Blood Pressure (Hypertension).
The operating hours of the doctor are from 10 am to 6 pm, Monday to Saturday, with an off on Sunday. It will take you a day or two to start recuperating, to get discharged and reach home will take up to a weeks' time.
Popular procedures performed by Dr. Kim Soon Bae 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. It is also important to check if the transplanted kidney is working properly or not and regular checkups post the surgery are required to do so..
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A healthy kidney in the place of one or two diseased kidneys, this procedure is called a kidney transplant and is performed by a Kidney Transplant Surgeon. It is not just the surgery which the surgeon performs but he also helps you through the entire process from preoperative through to the rehabilitation and recovery. The recommendations of medicines and tests is also done by them. The surgeon is the most important component of the core team which is inclusive of nurses, technicians and nephrologist.
There is a number of tests required to evaluate your candidature for a kidney transplant and they are listed below::
Please have a look at some more tests that are important prior to and during the kidney transplant.:
The right frequency and timing of the tests is important so that the transplant goes efficiently and the kidneys are well accepted. Echocardiogram, Electrocardiogram and cardiac stress test might be needed based on the doctors opinion.
Any symptoms that indicate a kidney failure are a good reason for you to a kidney transplant done. You can avoid the condition of going on the dialysis at all by getting a kidney transplant to preempt this situation. They also help you with post transplant checkups to see whether your body is accepting the transplanted kidney well. It is the surgeon whom you must consult when you are in the process of deciding whether to get a transplanted kidney or not.