Live Kidney Donation

In this video, Dr. Jenny Lam, a transplant surgeon at Scripps, discusses kidney failure, treatment options and the life-saving impact of living kidney donation. Learn how healthy kidneys function, the causes of kidney failure and how a living donor kidney transplant can significantly improve outcomes and quality of life. Discover the process of becoming a living kidney donor and how it can change someone's life without affecting your own health. For more information on becoming a living donor, visit: https://www.scripps.org/services/tran...

00:30 – What causes the kidney to fail?
01:17 – How do you know that you need a kidney transplant?
01:48 – What’s the difference between a living organ donation and getting a kidney from someone who has recently passed away?
02:16 – What’s the success rate of a new kidney from a living donor?
02:29 – What’s the difference in the wait time between a living donor and a kidney that’s been donated from someone who has recently passed away?
03:08 – We’re born with two kidneys, but the organ donation is just one kidney. How does that affect the donor and recipient?
03:34 – Do doctors leave both kidneys in your body and then add the new kidney? So, you’ll have three kidneys in your body?
04:29 – If it’s a living donor, do both surgeries happen side by side?
05:05 – Can the person who is donating the kidney live a long healthy life with just one kidney?
05:40 – How long is the person getting the new kidney and the person who is donating the kidney stay in the hospital?
06:05 – What’s the recovery time for getting back to your normal activities for both the recipient and the donor?
07:02 – What is the life expectancy after you’ve been given a new kidney?
07:27– What kind of medication do you need to take so your body does not reject the new donated kidney? How long do you need to take that medication?
08:19 – How do you know if you are a match for a living kidney donation, for the donor and the recipient? What kind of tests do you undergo?
08:54 – Are there some people who would not be good candidates to be a living donor?
09:35 – What goes on at the Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation?
10:13 – If you want to be an organ donor, what do you need to do?
10:30 – Final thoughts

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