What are the advantages of a kidney transplant compared to dialysis?

Presented by Dr. Melissa Isbell, nephrologist with Renal Associates and a former Chief of Staff at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital.
"The most important advantages are that your overall quality of life improves significantly after a kidney transplant and typically you will live a longer and healthier life following a transplant. Taking transplant medications are much less time consuming than being on dialysis three times week or even doing peritoneal dialysis at home or doing at-home hemodialysis. All of those are very time consuming. Generally, we find patients have better energy and a better appetite when they have a kidney transplant. There are very few dietary restrictions when you have a kidney transplant versus dialysis. You have more time available for your family. It’s easier to maintain a job and you have more time available for travel. Patients on dialysis and with kidney transplant are at higher risk of heart disease. But that risk goes down significantly with a kidney transplant." Click the video to learn more.