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Here are the most reputed doctors in India for ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplant. Each specialist is carefully vetted for their expertise, experience, and patient outcomes.
Here are the most reputed hospitals in India for ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplant. These hospitals are known for advanced infrastructure, international accreditations, and high success rates.
An ABO-incompatible kidney transplant is a living-donor kidney transplant performed when the donor and recipient have different blood groups that would normally make transplantation unsafe. Before surgery, the recipient undergoes a desensitization process — typically involving rituximab infusions, plasmapheresis sessions to remove blood-group antibodies, and immunosuppressive medications — to bring antibody levels down to a safe threshold. Once the antibodies are sufficiently reduced, the transplant operation itself proceeds in much the same way as a standard living-donor kidney transplant, with the donor kidney placed in the recipient's lower abdomen and connected to the blood supply and bladder. The full process from initial evaluation to surgery typically spans two to three months, and close follow-up is required for many months afterwards. In experienced transplant centres, long-term outcomes are comparable to those of blood-group matched living-donor transplants.
Estimated cost: ~$1,500 – $2,500
Typical tests for this treatment: Blood group and anti-A / anti-B antibody titre measurement, HLA typing and crossmatch with donor, CBC, LFT, KFT, serum electrolytes, 2D Echocardiography and ECG, Viral screening — Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, CMV, tuberculosis, Plasmapheresis sessions (desensitization phase, pre-admission), Rituximab infusion (pre-transplant B-cell depletion), Cancer screening appropriate for age. Done in India before hospital admission. Cost varies with case complexity.
Estimated cost in India: $24,000 – $30,000
Pre-procedure stay (outside hospital): ~7 days
Hospitalisation: ~18 days
Recovery period (outside hospital): ~42 days recommended
Total stay: approx 67 days
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