The young people treated at LPCH’s Kidney Transplant Program fall into two main groups. The first group comprises infants, children and adolescents whose kidney function has been so degraded by disease that they can continue to live only on dialysis — an artificial process that replaces the nonfunctioning kidneys. For these young people, transplantation offers a longer-term solution and the prospect of better health and greater independence. The second group is made up of young people who suffer from a long list of kidney diseases. Not every child who suffers from these maladies, however, requires transplantation:
To find out more about the structure and function of the kidneys, the role they play in maintaining life and the diseases that can affect them, please visit our Health Library. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.
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