Mayo Clinic emphasizes living donor kidney transplants as the best option for patients. Martin Mai, M.D., nephrologist at Mayo Clinic, offers information about living donation, statistics, including the fact that living donor kidneys last longer. Half of living donor kidneys transplanted today will still be functioning 25 years from now, whereas half of cadaveric kidneys will fail in the first 10 years. Also, the wait time is less - a living kidney can be transplanted immediately once a match is made. The Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Program at Mayo Clinic in Florida has been open since Spring 2000. To learn more, visit [ Ссылка ].
