Nephrologist
Apollo Hospitals , Hyderabad, India24 Years of experience
Speaks: English
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Extreme infections like hepatitis. tuberculosis and bone infections lead to the situation where you need to get your kidney transplanted. You might need to get a kidney transplant if you have cancer now or had it in the recent past. Kidney transplant might become a necessity for patients having severe case of liver disease or cardiovascular disease.
The signs and symptoms which lead to end stage kidney disease necessitating a kidney transplant are outlined below.
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) or what is known as Kidney failure is a big sign for you to get a kidney transplant. One of the most frequent reasons for this to happen is when a patient is diabetic for a certain period of time. Another major reason that could result in serious irreversible damage to the kidneys is having High Blood Pressure (Hypertension).
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.
The list of procedures performed by Dr. Sanjay Maitra are mentioned here for your convenience.:
Of the types of kidney transplants, the cadaveric renal transplant and living donor kidney transplant is so differentiated owing to the nature of the donor whether deceased or alive respectively. A preemptive kidney transplant actually preempts the need for dialysis to come in at all. One must go for regular checkups post the procedure to know if the transplanted kidney is working well..
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It is when you need your diseased kidney or kidneys removed and replaced with a healthy kidney that you visit a Kidney Transplant Surgeon. 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. The surgeon is the most important component of the core team which is inclusive of nurses, technicians and nephrologist.
We have outlined below the tests that give a good picture of whether you need a kidney transplant.:
We bring to you some more tests that could be required in the process of kidney transplant.:
The tests are important to be performed at the right time and at proper frequencies to ensure the accuracy of the process, acceptance of the kidney and its proper functioning. Few of these tests are important to know the heart strength and they are Echocardiogram, Electrocardiogram and the cardiac stress test.
Please consult a Kidney Transplant Surgeon when you are dealing with a kidney failure and need a Kidney Transplant. You can avoid the condition of going on the dialysis at all by getting a kidney transplant to preempt this situation. It is also the work of the surgeon to check up on how your body is faring post transplant surgery. It is the surgeon whom you must consult when you are in the process of deciding whether to get a transplanted kidney or not.