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Transplants

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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 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. 
  • 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 disorders and transplants.

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