Most kidneys and livers used in transplantation come from individuals who have died, but this doesn’t provide enough organs. So living donors are needed.
Organ transplants, including heart, liver, kidney and pancreas, require highly specialized anesthesiology skills.
Kidney transplants offer many benefits over dialysis, including freedom to travel, fewer dietary restrictions and, most importantly, improved survival.
Kidney failure in children can be caused by birth defects and genetic conditions; a kidney transplant can be safe and effective treatment.
A disease in which damage to the kidneys renders them unable to properly filter waste and toxins from the blood.
Polycystic kidney disease causes fluid-filled sacs called cysts to grow in the kidneys, which eventually harm the organs' function.
Yale Medicine has one of the country’s first renal (kidney) pathology labs and deep expertise in diagnosing the disease. Learn how this condition is diagnosed.
Pediatric liver transplants at Yale Medicine are extremely safe and successful, and can cure many cases of childhood liver failure.
A type of cancer that starts in the liver and can cause stomach pain and swelling and jaundice.
When the liver fails, due to cancer and other illnesses, a transplant from a deceased or living donor can offer effective treatment.