What is the important details of liver transplant – before & after surgery? Before surgery Although the success rate is high, it is still a very difficult surgery. The whole operation takes an average of 6-12 hours. The surgeons remove the morbid liver and transplant the healthy liver of the donor. If everything goes well, […]
What are the conditions to be a live donor for the liver transplant? The donor selected from relatives up to the 4th degree must be volunteers. All tests performed on the live donor should show that it is okay to give the person a piece of the liver. These tests are in two directions: First; […]
In some organ failures, the patient can survive with some kind of temporary solution. For example, in heart failure, the heart can be operated with the latest technological devices which are called an artificial heart. In kidney failure as well, the survival rates are very high with Dialysis treatment. Unfortunately, the circumstances is not that […]
If the liver is too sick to perform its functions, it is called liver failure. Liver failure is classified in two as acute and chronic. Acute Liver Failure: It develops suddenly and almost all liver function is lost. Causes may be acute viral hepatitis (hepatitis A and hepatitis B viruses), drug intoxications, fungal poisoning, viral […]
Liver transplant is a life-saving procedure for patients with end-stage liver failure and elective patients with acute liver failure. Liver transplants are performed successfully for children and adults in centers where the world’s best results are obtained regarding all types of transplants, carried out from both living donors and cadaveric donors in Turkey. The success […]
Do you know what is the number of liver transplants surgery in Turkey? Total number of liver transplant surgery is 887 in the first eight months of 2019 in Turkey. A total of 2881 organs have been transplanted in the first eight months of 2019 in Turkey. Considering the liver transplantation numbers from living donors […]