# How does kidney transplant surgery work?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Alexander H. Toledo
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_h_toledo_how_does_kidney_transplant_surgery_work)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1954, Joseph Murray attempted a type of kidney swap that no doctor had tried before. The surgery was a success, and the patient would go on to live with the transplanted organ thanks to one key factor: it came from his identical twin. 70 years later, nearly 100,000 kidneys are transplanted annually in the US alone. So how does this surgery work today? Alexander H. Toledo explains the procedure. \[Directed by Biljana Labović, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [How does kidney transplant surgery work?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alexander_h_toledo_how_does_kidney_transplant_surgery_work/28e2d3b2f7da), 5 min (TED's player)