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Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Expert Care at Mayo Clinic
Choose Mayo Clinic for unmatched expertise in Polycystic Kidney Disease including ARPKD and ADPKD, polycystic liver disease, and others. You’ll find comprehensive PKD care and specialized services, including genetic testing, cyst aspiration and sclerosis, pain management options, and tailored medications such as Jynarque and Octreotide. We also use innovative AI technology to interpret kidney and liver volumes – a service exclusive to Mayo Clinic.
Mayo Clinic holds the Center of Excellence designation from the PKD Foundation. You’ll have the benefit of multidisciplinary, personalized care, innovative therapies, and access to clinical trials.
Deep expertise in complex surgical procedures.
Our teams are skilled in advanced surgeries. This includes laparoscopic removal of diseased kidneys at the same time as a kidney transplant, which is found to be a safe and viable option for people with large polycystic kidneys. Mayo Clinic has extensive experience in kidney transplantation, with excellent outcomes for people with PKD.
Personalized care by a team of experts.
You’ll have a multidisciplinary team of specialists who will develop an individualized treatment plan for your specific needs. Your team may include nephrologists, hypertension specialists, geneticists, urologists, transplant surgeons and more. Our adult and pediatric nephrology teams also collaborate to provide family-centered care.
Solving the unsolvable through research and innovation.
At Mayo Clinic, you may have access to new and emerging therapies. Our researchers are actively involved in developing new treatments for PKD. This includes pioneering work in pre-clinical research toward genetic cures, as well as emerging PKD research trials. Mayo Clinic research teams have secured significant funding from the Department of Defense to investigate cAMP-based therapies, a pathway crucial to treatment for PKD. Our biobank serves as a resource for future PKD research.
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