Dr. Mayank Bhandari, head of the Renal Transplant Unit, and Dr. Marwan Idrees, a transplant and donor nephrectomy surgeon, both at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, have extensive experience in living and cadaveric donor kidney transplantations. They routinely perform renal transplant surgeries for patients with end-stage renal failure. A kidney transplant is a surgical procedure in which a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor is placed into a patient whose kidneys no longer function properly. Patients can be evaluated and worked up for transplant surgery after consultation with Dr. Bhandari and Dr. Idrees.
In addition to transplant services, Dr. Bhandari and Dr. Idrees also provide peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion. This involves surgically placing a soft plastic tube into the abdomen via key-hole surgery (laparoscopy) to enable dialysis. Dialysis is a vital treatment for patients whose kidneys are not functioning adequately, helping to remove waste, excess salt, and fluid from the body, while also supporting blood pressure control. The catheter insertion is typically performed as a day procedure or may require an overnight stay, depending on the patient’s condition.
