Post by UCI Health

A person diagnosed with kidney failure or end-stage renal disease has two options: dialysis or transplant. In a perfect world, says Dr. Robert R. Redfield III, chief of the UCI Health Kidney Transplant Program, transplants would happen as soon as they are needed with a living kidney donation. Dialysis is hard work, he says. “The first thing patients need to understand is that a kidney from a living donor is simply the superior option.” Learn more at https://bit.ly/4tuMDsL