EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A kidney transplant is a surgery done to replace a diseased kidney with a healthy kidney from a donor. The kidney may come from a deceased organ donor or from a living donor. Family members or others who are a good match may be able to donate one of their kidneys. This type of transplant is called a living transplant.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a kidney transplant, a donor kidney from either a deceased or living donor is placed into the recipient, who must then undergo immunosuppression so the kidney is not rejected. In a renal autotransplant, the patient’s own kidney is removed and then transplanted back into them, so immunosuppression is not needed.

Detailed explanation-3: -An allograft is a tissue that is being transplanted from one individual to another individual of the same species. For example, a liver from one individual is the allograft that is donated to the recipient in an allotransplantation.

Detailed explanation-4: -A donor nephrectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a healthy kidney from a living donor for transplant into a person whose kidneys no longer function properly.