Our organ transplant centers, which are in Medicana International Ankara, Medicana Bahçelievler, Medicana Çamlıca and Medicana International Beylikdüzü, licensed by the Ministry of Health in Istanbul, serve our patients in need of organ transplantation with high-level medical facilities.
Kidney, Liver, Bone Marrow and Corneal Transplants are performed successfully in world standards. The Medicana Healthcare Group is among the major healthcare organizations that support organ donation and transport.
Medicana Bahçelievler, Medicana Çamlıca, Medicana International Istanbul and Medicana International Ankara hospitals are signing successful transplant operations with their expert staff.
Kidney Transplantation
Kidney transplant surgery involves placing an intact organ into body of a patient, who has end-stage kidney disease, in order to fulfill renal functions. Healthy organ is obtained from cadaver or living donor for kidney transplantation. In our country, living donor kidney transplants account for a substantial part of all kidney transplant surgeries. Living donor transplants have better outcomes than cadaver donor transplants.
Blood Type Compatibility in Kidney Transplantation
ABO blood type compatibility is necessary. Rh compatibility is not necessary. Donor-recipient pairs are indicated at the table below.
Recipient | Donor |
0 | 0 |
A | 0 or A |
B | 0 or B |
AB | 0, A, B or AB |
Who can donate kidney for transplantation?
Patients with living donors can have a quicker and earlier transplantation. Up to four-degree relatives can donate organ to a patient according to the applicable laws of our country. It is also possible to receive organs from other related or unrelated donors. However, a decision of the ethics committee is required for transplantations from these types of donors. A person must be above the age of 18 in order to donate an organ or tissue. There is no certain upper limit of age. The decision is based on examinations and tests and studies to determine whether organ can be obtained from a particular donor candidate.