How long can you live with a kidney transplant?

There are individual differences in how long a person can live after kidney transplantation. If the operation is successful and the rejection is mild, it may not affect the life expectancy, but if there is severe rejection, the survival period may be shorter. According to statistics, the current 5-year survival rate is above 80%. Kidney transplantation is to transplant a healthy kidney to a patient with loss of kidney function. There are individual differences in how long a person can live after kidney transplantation, which is mainly related to the success of the transplantation surgery, the good degree of kidney source, and whether rejection reaction occurs in the following period. If a kidney transplant patient has a good kidney source, successful surgery, mild rejection reaction, and adapted to the medication, it usually does not affect the life expectancy; however, if the surgery fails and the rejection reaction is severe, the survival period tends to be shorter. According to statistics, the current 5-year survival of kidney transplantation is more than 80%, and often the survival rate is higher after relative living donor kidney transplantation. Currently, the technology of kidney transplantation is relatively mature, and the success rate and survival rate of kidney transplantation are increasing year by year. After kidney transplantation, you should follow the doctor’s instructions to apply anti-rejection drugs, regularly review the renal function, etc., and go to the hospital in time if you find any discomfort.