title: Renal transplantation.
abstract: Medical and scientific advances have improved the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disorders. Organ transplantation has evolved from an experimental surgery to a medically accepted form of treatment for organ failure. The kidney was the first organ to be successfully replaced by a donor organ, and it is presently the most commonly transplanted organ. Kidney transplantation restores reasonably normal health to patients whose kidneys no longer function, and it frees them from the limitations imposed by dialysis. Improved graft survival rates have further enhanced the desirability of transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Valley View Medical Center, Cedar City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D014019:Tissue Donors