The average person receives three treatments per week. Each treatment lasts three to four hours. Due to various reasons, including the non-availability of organs, only about 2,500 kidney transplants are done. During a transplant, a healthy donated kidney is placed deep under your skin near your hip bone. In some cases, the non working kidneys may be removed to control infection or high blood pressure.
Transplantation is the most natural solution to kidney failure.
The Advantages and Disadvantages over other treatment options. Before 1995, India used to be the great kidney bazaar. When the Transplantation of Human Organs Act was passed, it is a little difficult to get a kidney donor. You can get the kidney from someone who is alive and the operation is performed at a time suited to both donor and recipient. This way, the kidney is not kept in storage for long.