Question

How long before artificial kidneys are available?

Answer 1

Artificial kidney:

1. An artificial kidney is a man-made kidney that has been made to work similarly to a real kidney.
2. These are done in case there is no donor or the organ rejection rate is high.
3. Before transplanting the artificial kidney, patients are generally kept on dialysis and the data shows they can survive on dialysis for 5 -10 years.
4. According to the latest data, a patient has to wait for almost 3 to 5 years to get an artificial kidney.