Involves replacing a child’s diseased kidney with a healthy kidney from another person

Donor kidney possibly coming from a living donor or a cadaver donor

To provide a method of necessary renal replacement in children with diseased kidneys and loss of renal function that offers the most opportunity for a normal life (Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are other life-preserving treatments.)

Provide emotional support and guidance to the child and his parents. Prepare them for the procedure, including what will occur preoperatively, during the procedure, and postoperatively.

Arrange for the child and his parents to tour the intensive care unit and meet the nursing staff before the transplantation.

Administer immunosuppressive medications as ordered; a child who will have or has recently had a renal transplant will be taking immunosuppressive medications to decrease the risk of organ rejection.