Good Morning Doctor...!! I have heard about artificial kidney transplant. Could you please tell how feasible it is for the patient and also let me know if any transplantation has been done so far in India? Or if not when it would be available?Is such transplantation (Artificial kidneys) safe? Ill be highly grateful to you.
Hello and welcome to Chat Doctor. As a Urologist and transplant surgeon, i understand your curiosity.It's a biomechanical artificial kidney, the size of a coffee cup.It's in second stage of clinical trials,in the USA, conducted in pigs and rats. Some human trials on volunteers, is also being evolved. Hope it's successful. Itll take about 5 years, to complete the trials.They're short of funds by 8\u00a0m $. As its synthetic, anti-rejection Chat Doctor. It's a big relief in costs. If you've any doubts on transplants, send it as a direct question to me.