Key Takeaways

Kidney disease patients shouldn’t get a transplant before it’s necessary

Patients who wait until they need dialysis have the same outcomes as those who get a transplant earlier

Transplants that occur within six months of dialysis don’t negatively affect a person’s long-term health

WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks who might need a kidney transplant in the future shouldn’t rush to get one, a new study says.

Patients gain no benefit from getting a donated kidney before their own kidneys deteriorate to the point that they require dialysis, researchers reported recently in the journal Transplantation Proceedings .

“Our study shows that waiting until you really need a transplant is when you should get one,” Dr. Abhishek Kumar , medical director of the Li

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