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What general surgical techniques are necessary for a live donor kidney transplant?

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The following are the checklist of surgical techniques that must be checked for a live donor kidney transplant:

  1. Age < 18 years except if a liberated minor
  2. Wild hypertension
  3. History of pneumonic embolism or repetitive thrombosis
  4. Bleeding issue
  5. Wild mental sickness
  6. High rate of obesity
  7. Wild cardiovascular infection
  8. Chronic lung infection with disability of oxygenation or ventilation
  9. History of melanoma
  10. History of metastatic disease
  11. Two-sided or repetitive nephrolithiasis (kidney stones)
  12. Constant Kidney Disease (CKD) arrange 3 or less
  13. Proteinuria > 300 mg/d barring postural proteinuria
  14. HIV contamination
User Victor Sigler
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Kidneys for transplant can come from a living or a cadaver. Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of one or both kidneys. It is done by removing a healthy kidney from what you call a donor.They are usually to treat kidney diseases and injuries.
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