The kidney transplant program was established through a cooperative effort between the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and University Hospital. All patients undergo extensive evaluation by the transplant program to determine suitability for candidacy for transplantation. This process can take from 3 days to 3 weeks depending on the complexity of the problems encountered. The majority of the kidney transplants performed now take 3-5 hours.
Patients typically spend one day in the intensive care unit.
The overwhelming majority of patients are discharged 7-10 days following their operation. Readmission in the first 3 months following kidney transplantation in our program is very low. All inpatient stays and outpatient visits are in the J. Kent Trinckle Center for Transplantation Science located on the 12th floor of University Hospital. Follow-up Care . . . Patients are followed closely in our clinic the first 3 months after transplantation.