Kidney Transplant Process at Duke | Duke Health

Описание: At the Duke Kidney Transplant Center, our team of experts takes an individualized approach to surgery for every patient. We have performed thousands of complex kidney transplants, from multi-organ transplants to transplants on people turned down at other centers, and we offer living donor, deceased donor, paired donor, and HIV-positive transplants. Here Dr. John Roberts, a transplant specialist at Duke Health, along with other Duke kidney transplant providers and patients, talks about options for kidney transplant, the transplant process, specialized care for transplant patients, and more.

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00:00 How do I choose a center for a kidney transplant?
00:50 Can I get a kidney transplant with HIV or sickle cell disease?
01:20 How does BMI affect my chance of getting a kidney transplant?
01:45 Can I have a multi-organ transplant at Duke?
02:10 How do I get signed up for a kidney transplant?
02:34 What is a transplant coordinator?
03:12 What is living donation?
04:17 How do they test a deceased donor kidney?
04:45 What is the transplant surgery process like?
05:14 What is the post-kidney transplant process like?