Already sick, former patients of the failed kidney and liver transplant units face rejection and despair as they look ...

Fluid collection is a common complication after kidney transplantation. Causes of fluid collection are: lymphocele, urine leak, hematoma, and seroma. Fluid collections can be asymptomatic ...

It is just as safe and effective for people with HIV in need of kidney transplantation to get their organ from donors who are also HIV positive as it is from donors who are not infected with the virus ...

Overall, the findings show kidney transplantation between donors and recipients with HIV was safe and noninferior to ...

“Our study demonstrates overwhelmingly that kidney transplantation from donors who are HIV positive to HIV-positive ...

Medicare then covers some of the costs for the person receiving a transplant. For a kidney transplant, Medicare covers the costs for the individual donating a kidney. Doctors recommend transplants ...

Rock Local First Benefit Concert for Tommy Barnes is 2-9 p.m. Oct. 27 at 1100 W. Fourth St., with a suggested donation of $20 ...

For patients who can't have anesthesia, a new approach to surgery allows them to remain awake during their own kidney ...

Kidney transplant recipients who used statins had a lower risk for cardiovascular disease and slight increased risk for rhabdomyolysis.

People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. Whether dialysis is the best option for ...

A LIVING DONOR WALK WAS HELD THIS AFTERNOON AT U OF L HEALTH TRIGGER TRANSPLANT CENTER TO CELEBRATE KATHY HOGAN. SHE RECENTLY DONATED HER KIDNEY TO A STRANGER. AND THEN WHEN WE WERE GETTING ...

Jonathan Calixto says he’s proud of what he gave up for his father — donating a kidney to him last year. “I immediately knew I wanted to step in, in any way I could,” Calixto said.