Kidney Failure After Organ Transplant. Less than 1 in 20 transplant patients have an acute rejection episode that leads to complete failure of their new kidney. A kidney transplant is a treatment for kidney failure.
Many kidney transplant patients have some acute rejection episodes which means their body shows signs that it is fighting the new kidney. In my experience the most common cause of an immediate transplant failure is a clot in the blood vessels to the kidney. You will need to take medicines every day to make sure your immune system doesn t reject the new kidney.
The number of nonrenal solid organ transplants increased substantially in the last few decades.
The number of nonrenal solid organ transplants increased substantially in the last few decades. Physicians have been reluctant to remove these organs but a recent study indicates that such. Less than 1 in 20 transplant patients have an acute rejection episode that leads to complete failure of their new kidney. A working transplanted kidney does a better job of filtering wastes and keeping you healthy than dialysis.