Guide To Treating Polycystic Kidney Disease

Kidney Transplant

The ideal option for patients with polycystic kidney disease who have developed end-stage renal failure is a kidney transplant. Most patients in this situation utilize dialysis while on the waiting list for a new kidney. The process of finding a donor can take as little as a few months or as long as several years based on how difficult it is to find a match and what the donor availability is like. The best thing about a kidney transplant to treat polycystic kidney disease is once a healthy kidney is transplanted, no cysts will grow on the transplanted kidney. Should the transplant be completely successful and free of complications, it's a viable treatment to the renal failure induced by polycystic kidney disease. While the initial transplant surgery does not typically remove the damaged kidney, if the cysts on the damaged kidney continue to cause complications and pain after the transplant, it can be removed.