When the liver fails, due to cancer and other illnesses, a transplant from a deceased or living donor can offer effective treatment.
Most kidneys and livers used in transplantation come from individuals who have died, but this doesn’t provide enough organs. So living donors are needed.
Kidney failure in children can be caused by birth defects and genetic conditions; a kidney transplant can be safe and effective treatment.
Hepatitis is caused by a virus in the blood. Infection occurs through exposure to the virus. Hepatitis B and C cause liver inflammation.
Kidney transplants offer many benefits over dialysis, including freedom to travel, fewer dietary restrictions and, most importantly, improved survival.
For people with Wilson disease, the body is unable to properly metabolize copper and it builds up to dangerous levels.
Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver is scarred due to liver disease. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
A life-changing surgical procedure to replace all or part of a person's disfigured face using donor tissue.
Pediatric liver transplants at Yale Medicine are extremely safe and successful, and can cure many cases of childhood liver failure.
Organ transplants, including heart, liver, kidney and pancreas, require highly specialized anesthesiology skills.