Treatment

After a transplant, are you cured?

Answer

Unfortunately, this is not a cure for PKD, but there is no evidence that polycystic kidney disease occurs in the transplanted kidney. This is expected since ADPKD is inherited and a transplanted kidney would not contain the genetic abnormality. Survival rates following kidney transplantation for those living with ADPKD are similar to all other patients undergoing transplantation.