Kidney Transplant in Pune

This period refers to the time that a patient is on the deceased donor waiting list or prior to the completion of the evaluation of a potential living donor. The recipient undergoes testing to ensure the safety of the operation and the ability to tolerate the anti-rejection medication necessary after transplantation. The type of tests varies by age, gender, cause of renal disease, and other concomitant medical conditions. These may include, but are not limited to.





  1. General Health Maintenance: general metabolic laboratory tests, coagulation studies, complete blood count, colonoscopy, pap smear and mammogram (women) and prostate (men)

  2. Cardiovascular Evaluation: electrocardiogram, stress test, echocardiogram, cardiac catheterization

  3. Pulmonary Evaluation: chest x-ray, spirometry

  4. Uncorrectable cardiovascular disease

  5. History of metastatic cancer or ongoing chemotherapy

  6. Active systemic infections

  7. Uncontrollable psychiatric illness

  8. Current substance abuse

  9. Current neurological impairment with significant cognitive impairment and no surrogate decision maker

Transplant Surgery

The transplant surgery is performed under general anesthesia. The operation usually takes 2-4 hours. This type of operation is a heterotopic transplant meaning the kidney is placed in a different location than the existing kidneys. (Liver and heart transplants are orthotopic transplants, in which the diseased organ is removed and the transplanted organ is placed in the same location.) The kidney transplant is placed in the front (anterior) part of the lower abdomen, in the pelvis.

The original kidneys are not usually removed unless they are causing severe problems such as uncontrollable high blood pressure, frequent kidney infections, or are greatly enlarged. The artery that carries blood to the kidney and the vein that carries blood away is surgically connected to the artery and vein already existing in the pelvis of the recipient. The ureter, or tube, that carries urine from the kidney is connected to the bladder. Recovery in the hospital is usually 3-7 days.

The Centre’s of Nephrology and Urology have a large and broad renal transplant program, having achieved both autologous and cadaveric transplants. The Centre’s also accomplish minimally invasive surgery for renal donors in so doing minimizing post-operative recapture period and hospitalization. The severe infection control practices, immune exploitive protocols and proactive vigil for difficulties and their prompt management make the service a huge success. The Transplant unit also integrates, analyzes and reports the health needs of the transplant patient and his or her family. Advanced actions for kidney transplantation include:

  1. Cadaveric renal transplantation
  2. Cadaver-donor kidney transplantation
  3. Living donor kidney transplants (from both related and unrelated donors)
  4. Laparoscopic donor Nephrectomy