The operation usually takes three hours. Most patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for kidney donation require a hospital stay of only two to three days. After discharge from the hospital, the donor is seen for follow-up care in the transplant clinic. read more
Johns Hopkins transplant surgeon, Dorry Segev, M.D., led a study to monitor long-term survival among live kidney donors and found that long-term mortality was similar or lower for live kidney donors than their counterparts in the general public. read more
In about one third of kidney transplants, the kidney does not produce any urine in the first few days (and sometimes weeks) after the transplant. This does not mean that the transplant will never work. read more