Nephrologist ·
Memorial Sisli Hospital , Istanbul, Turkey
20 Years of experience ·
Languages Spoken: Turkish , English
Here is an outline of the conditions that are treated by Dr. Volkan Turunc, 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.
Your kidneys could be damaged also due to prolonged history of High Blood Pressure (Hypertension). You can be up and about from the surgery in a day or two and reach home in one week.
Popular procedures performed by Dr. Volkan Turunc are as follows:
Types of kidney transplants are also dependent on whether the donor is alive or deceased. A preemptive kidney transplant actually preempts the need for dialysis to come in at all. Getting regular and timely checkups done is a way of knowing if your kidney transplant is a success and your body has accepted the new organ.
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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 surgery, the recovery and rehabilitation, the surgeon is involved throughout. Recommending the right tests and prescribing medicines is also done by them. The core operation team of the surgeon consists of Technicians, Nephrologist and nurses as well.
In order to check if you are the right candidate for a kidney transplant, there are some tests that need to be done such as:
There can be a requirement for other tests basis your health conditions, these additional tests are listed her:
The transplant should happen efficiently and kidneys should work well post acceptance by the body, therefore it is important for the tests to be accomplished at the right time and frequency. The heart tests such as the Echocardiogram, Electrocardiogram and the cardiac stress test are immensely important to know the heart strength.
You must visit a Kidney Transplant Surgeon if you have any of the commonly seen symptoms associated with a kidney failure. 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.
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