Treatment of Kidney Diseases and Disorders
Treatment of severe kidney disease may include kidney dialysis , a procedure in which blood is circulated through a machine that removes wastes and excess fluid from the bloodstream. Some patients use dialysis for a short time, while their kidneys recover from injury or disease. Others must use dialysis for their entire lives or until they undergo a kidney transplant. Kidney transplants are the most common of all transplant operations and have excellent success rates (see Medical Transplantation ).