The Ochsner Transplant Institute in New Orleans stands as a national leader in organ transplant surgery. Since 1984, ...

Most kidney donors will stay in the hospital for 1-2 days after surgery. The National Kidney Foundation reports that the most common types of surgery (laparoscopic and robotic) allow surgeons to ...

Raiden Messerli was diagnosed with kidney failure back in February, when he and his family originally thought he had the flu.

Megan Bosack, 21, traveled from Rockland County, New York to finally meet Bautista, 17, who received her donated kidney. They hugged for the first time at Temple University Hospital on Friday. Over ...

An act of compassion by a young man has ignited a chain reaction of kindness at Providence Swedish Hospital, resulting in ...

BOSTON -- Several factors may decrease a child's chances of receiving a living-donor kidney transplant, a mixed-methods study found. In a review of 93 pediatric kidney transplants, the following ...

Three couples are celebrating a very special bond after going through a life-saving six-person kidney exchange.

Despite a rise in organ donation in recent years, the need continues to outweigh the number of people who are signed up to give. According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than 2,100 people ...