Kidney Transplants
December 7, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST
If kidneys are unhealthy or failing, they must be replaced. Located in the lower back behind the abdominal cavity, kidneys are the key components of the urinary sytem. Almost 280,000 kidney transplants have been performed in the U.S. since 1988. It is a simple procedure that takes about three hours.
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