Opinion: Kidney Transplantation

Educating end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis modality selection

“…Also, the option of renal transplantation, both cadaveric and non-cadaveric, should be discussed with the medically suitable patients, as the outcomes of those patients appear to be better after transplantation as compared to standard haemodialysis [15]. However, for the elderly and for patients with multiple co-morbidities, this benefit is less clear [16].…”