Kidney transplant

Kidney transplantation is the best long-term treatment option for people whose own kidneys cannot function properly. In addition to a better quality of life, the overall health and life expectancy after transplantation is better than for people who have to rely on another form of kidney replacement (haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis).

A kidney transplant can generally be performed by transplanting a kidney from a deceased donor (post-mortem organ donation) or from a living donor. Since the establishment of the Kidney Transplant Programme at the Regensburg University Hospital in 1996, more than 1,300 post-mortem kidney transplants and more than 300 living kidney transplants have been performed in close interdisciplinary cooperation between the Department of Surgery and the Department of Nephrology. In rare cases, a kidney transplant is also performed at the Regensburg Transplant Centre in combination with a liver or heart transplant.

The Department of Nephrology is certified by the German Society of Nephrology (DGfN) as a Nephrology Centre with a focus on kidney transplantation.