kidney transplant Archives

Man Survives 40 Years after Kidney Transplant

SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A patient who underwent a kidney transplant many years ago broke previous records by surviving for 40 years after the surgery was performed. Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital announced yesterday that the patient, Lee, now in his 80s, received a kidney transplant from his brother in 1978 after suffering from [...]

Mismatched Kidney Transplants Between Married Couples Increase

SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — New research shows the number of mismatched kidney transplants among married couples is now on the rise after transplants between mismatched donors and recipients were first allowed in 2007 in South Korea. Mismatched kidney transplants accounted for nearly 22 percent of the kidney transplant procedures conducted in 2014, a drastic [...]