Pre-Op: Preparing for Kidney Transplant

Before transplant you’ll complete testing, learn how matching works, review risks, and meet the team that gets you ready.

Evaluation & Testing

Labs, heart and lung checks, imaging, and consults to be sure surgery is safe and the match is right.

Blood type, HLA typing, crossmatch, waitlist basics, and paired-exchange options.

Realistic look at surgical risks, infection risk later, and how the team lowers those risks.

Who does what before surgery—coordinator, nephrologist, surgeon (consult), social worker, financial coordinator.

Tip: keep a single folder (or phone note) for your med list, allergies, test dates, and clinic numbers. It saves time at every visit.