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Transplantation can be a beneficial option for many patients with kidney failure (also called renal failure). For those whose kidney failure is due to Type 1 diabetes, a combined kidney-pancreas transplant is often recommended.
Some of the services UT Southwestern Medical Center offers include:
- Kidney transplantation: A kidney transplant is performed for patients with kidney failure, who are either on dialysis or may require dialysis in the near future.
- Live donor nephrectomy: Using minimally invasive (laparoscopic) surgical techniques, a healthy kidney is retrieved from a living donor, which will then be transplanted into a recipient.
- Kidney-pancreas transplantation:Combined transplantation of a kidney and pancreas is performed for those who have kidney failure as a result of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. The new kidney is needed to filter and excrete wastes so dialysis is not required, and the new pancreas is needed to produce insulin and control the diabetes.
- Vascular access: Vascular access procedures are minor operations used to prepare a patient for dialysis treatment.
In addition to these services, other related end-stage renal-disease diagnoses treated at UT Southwestern include:
Please visit the Health Library to learn more about kidney and pancreas disorders and transplants.
