Eric Martinez, MD, at Baylor Scott & White Health, discusses how living kidney donors can help those in need of a transplant. What You Need to Know: Risk factors that could lead to kidney transplant include high blood pressure and…
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Organ Transplants Reached Record Levels at Cleveland Clinic in 2022
Cleveland Clinic performed 1,050 transplants in 2022, including heart, kidney, liver, intestine and lung transplants, as well as living donor transplantation for kidney and liver. That is up 1% from the number of transplants performed at Cleveland Clinic in 2021.
Mayo Clinic study confirms living kidney donor surgery is low risk for most patients
The risk of major complications for people who donate a kidney via laparoscopic surgery is minimal. That is the conclusion of a 20-year Mayo Clinic study of more than 3,000 living kidney donors. Only 2.5% of patients in the study experienced major complications, and all recovered completely.