Kidneys can be defined as two bean-shaped organs which are located on each side of the spine just below the rib cage. Each is about the size of a fist. Moreover, the main functioning of the kidney is to filter and remove waste, minerals, and fluid from the blood by producing urine. A surgical procedure to place a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor into a person whose kidneys no longer function properly is called as a kidney transplant.

Did you know? When your kidneys lose this filtering ability, harmful levels of fluid and waste tend to get accumulated in the body, which may shoot your blood pressure and result in kidney failure (end-stage kidney disease). One suffers from end-stage renal disease when the kidneys have lost about 90 per cent of their ability to function normally. Dr Chandan Chaudhari, Department of Nephrology at Wockhardt Hospital tells you all that you need to know about kidney transplant