What are the most common causes of chronic kidney failure?
Diabetes and hypertension (60-70%) are the most common causes of chronic kidney failure
Which is the best and cost effective treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease (stage 5)?
Living-donor kidney transplantation is the best and cost effective treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease.
Who can donate the kidney in India?
Mother, wife, father, husband, sister, brother, grandmother and grandfather can donate the kidney without any long term side effects. 90% of kidney donations in India are from near family members and 10% are from deceased donors (cadaver).
What is the most common reason for rejection of healthy, willing, living kidney donor?
Blood group of patient and kidney donor is not matching or lymphocyte cross match of patient and kidney donor is not acceptable due to HLA antibody.
I need kidney transplant and I have a kidney donor in my family. However, blood group of my donor is other than my blood group. Do I have option for kidney transplantation?
Yes, Kidney paired donation (KPD) transplantation also known as swap kidney transplantation is the best kidney transplant option for the patient when blood group of patient and the kidney donor from the family do not match.
What is kidney paired donation transplantation?
Suppose there are two donor/recipient pairs, Donor and Recipient 1(B blood group recipient and A blood group donor) and Donor and Recipient 2 (A blood group recipient and B blood group donor): Donor 1 and 2 can not donate kidney to Recipient 1 and 2 respectively due to ABO blood group is not matching. In swap kidney exchange transplantation, Donor 1 would give a kidney to Recipient 2 and Donor 2 would then give a kidney to Recipient 1.This kidney exchange transplant enables two ABO incompatible recipients to receive healthy, more compatible kidneys.
How long do I need to wait for swap kidney transplant?
The waiting time to get swap kidney donor (A or B blood group) for the patient (A or B blood group) is less than 2-3 months.More time is required for O blood group patients
Can I meet and talk with the potential kidney donor ready for swap kidney transplant?
Yes, you can meet and exchange laboratory reports of the swap kidney donor.You can discuss any query with our transplant team
Is there any extra cost or additional side effects of swap kidney transplant?
No, there is no additional cost and side effects of swap kidney transplant like ABO incompatible transplant
My blood group is O. can I get benefit from swap kidney transplant?
Yes. You can participate in list exchange where your family member will donate A or B blood group kidney to patient on cadaver waiting list and in return you will get top position on the cadaver wait list and you will get kidney from best possible cadaver donor. The patient with A and B blood group and O blood group kidney donor from the family can get benefit from swap kidney transplant with younger kidney donor or better HLA matched kidney donor
What documents do I need to bring for me and for my swap kidney donor from the family?
- Marriage certificate in case of husband or wife as kidney donor
- Election card/ Aadhaar card
- Birth certificate
- Income certificate
- Blood group of other family member
- Domicile certificate
- Rashan card
- Passport if available
Do we need any legal procedure to carry out before swap kidney transplant?
Yes, we take permission from your state government authority before swap kidney transplant and it usually requires 1 month to complete this process of legal permission.
What are the key features of swap kidney transplant?
Both the patient and donor pairs exchange kidney of similar age and quality .The transplant surgeries are performed simultaneously on the same day.
What are the advantages of swap kidney transplant?
Waiting time in KPD is short compared to cadaver kidney transplantation so dialysis duration before kidney transplantation is short.KPD is cost effective compared to other treatment options and provides the best long term kidney function to chronic kidney disease patients.
How many swap kidney transplantation are performed in the IKDRC-ITS, Ahmedabad?
Our single centre has performed 290 KPD/swap transplantations. Waiting time in our centre is less to find swap kidney donor. This is the best hospital for swap kidney transplant in India
How the patients can get additional information aboutswap kidney transplantation?
Please contact us for additional enquiry
Name Designation Email Prof HL Trivedi Professor and Director [emailprotected] Prof Pranjal Modi Professor and Head, urology and Transplantation Surgery [emailprotected] Prof Pankaj R Shah Professor and head, Nephrology and Transplantation [emailprotected] Prof Himanshu Patel Professor , Nephrology and Transplantation [emailprotected] Dr. Vivek Kute Associate Professor , Nephrology and Transplantation [emailprotected] How can I get registration for swap kidney transplantation in you hospital?
For registration in swap kidney transplantation, please email (blood group, age of patient and donor, donor relation, available medical reportsaddress and phone number) or SMS the details to us
Name Designation Email Dr. Vivek Kute Associate Professor, Nephrology and Transplantation [emailprotected]
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