One can have a successful kidney transplant

What is a transplant?

A kidney transplant is a major surgical procedure in which a healthy kidney from a human donor is placed inside the patient's lower abdomen. The healthy kidney then takes over the work that the patient's kidney can no longer do.
 
A healthy donor kidney can come from two sources:
l Living kidney donation, such as from a family member, friend or other unrelated donor; and
l Cadaveric kidney donation from a recently deceased person. Living kidney donations require procedures and tests in order to determine you can accept the living donor kidney. About 70 percent (South-African statistics) of all transplanted kidneys are from cadavers.