Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoTIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.www.kidney.orgexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down13
arrow-up1506arrow-down1external-linkTIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.www.kidney.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareBowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·27 days agoIn a lot of cases the bad kidneys still do some work, even if not enough ok their own that you might as well get the benefit. And removing them adds risk.
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·27 days agoI figured that was the case.
In a lot of cases the bad kidneys still do some work, even if not enough ok their own that you might as well get the benefit. And removing them adds risk.
I figured that was the case.