Doctors at Shymkent City Clinical Hospital No. 1 performed a kidney transplant on a patient whose two kidneys had failed. The donor was his brother, who gave one of his kidneys.
The patient has had diabetes for 10 years. Prolonged high blood sugar impaired his kidney function, and in recent years he had to undergo regular dialysis.
Doctors say the transplant involves several complex stages. The kidney is removed from the donor, treated with a special solution and prepared for transplantation. It is then placed in the recipient's body and connected to blood vessels. During the operation, specialists closely monitor its blood supply and function.
