Kidney Transplantion
Kidney Transplantation

Feb 8, 2017, 11:52:15 AM

İstanbul, Turkey



00 90 850 532 6249

Piyalepaşa Bulv.okmeydanı İstanbul


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Memorial Hospitals Group was established with the mission of becoming a world-class brand in healthcare by making a difference with pioneering practices in the sector with its distinguished staff and satisfaction-oriented service approach complying with the international quality standards in the light of ethical principles, and admitted its first patient in February 2000.

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Memorial Group Organ Transplantation

About the Department

Organs that can be transplanted in today’s medicine are: heart, lungs, heart and lungs together, liver, kidneys, pancreas and intestines. Liver, heart and kidney transplants are successfully performed in Turkey; and lately pancreas transplants are also being performed.

In addition to patient-physician-hospital components, organ donor is an inevitable component in organ transplantation. Due to a continuous shortage of donor livers and the high incidence of liver disease, the waiting time is increasing every year. Hundreds of people die each year while waiting for a liver to be offered.

Memorial Hospital Organ Transplantation Unit is the first private healthcare institution approved and licensed by the Health Department for organ (liver and kidney) transplantation and related laboratory services.

Liver and kidney transplantations are being successfully performed at Memorial Hospital Organ Transplantation Unit.

Kidney Transplantation

Kidney transplant is the best treatment for patients suffering of chronic kidney failure at the terminal stage.

Patients who lost at least 80% of their kidney functions need hemodialysis or periton dialysis to survive. Dialysis provides life support for many patients however it might cause many other problems. The damage it causes on the circulation system might have a negative effect on the patient’s social life. Therefore kidney transplant is the best solution. Kidney transplant improves the quality of life of the patient by ensuring the kidney is going to function properly, however kidney transplant could not be performed on every patient with kidney failure. Several examinations and tests are performed to decide whether the patient is a candidate for kidney transplant or not.

There are two types of donors:

  • Living donor ( from a family member)
  • Cadaveric donor (a person diagnosed as brain dead but whose other organs and systems are functioning properly.

It is best to divide donor and recipient matching into 3 distinct areas: blood type matching, tissue type matching, and cross-matching. Each of these is a distinct and important aspect of donor and recipient matching.

Blood Type Matching

The necessities of the basic kidney transplantations are very similar to those used for blood transfusions.

There are four major blood types in humans. These types are simply noted as blood type A, B, AB and O. Another factor, the Rh factor, adds a plus or a minus following the above blood type letter, so that all of us have a blood type such as A+ or B- and so on. This plus or minus factor, however, relates only to a particular cell type in the blood and this factor is not part of the kidney. Thus, the positive or negative feature in blood typing has nothing to do with the matching of a kidney between a donor and a recipient.

A recipient with blood type O can receive a kidney only from a donor with blood type O. A recipient with blood type A may receive a kidney from a recipient with blood type O or A and a recipient with blood type B can receive a kidney from a donor with blood type O or B. Obviously, a recipient with blood type AB can receive a kidney from a person of any blood type.

Tissue Matching

It is obvious that the closer the degree of tissue matching between the donor and the recipient, the longer the transplanted kidney lives. A 0 missmatch kidney has 40% more chance to live (for a 5 year period) than a 4-6 missmatch. Tissue matching is very important in cadeveric donors or if donor is a patient’s relative. However, in cases called alternative transplantation (Spouses or unrelated donors), tissue matching might not be indispensable since the patient has no other choice.

Panel Reactive Antibodies (PRA)

PRA is a way of measuring immune system activity within the body. PRA is higher when more antibodies are being made. PRA might grow out of pregnancy or previous transplants. These HLA antibodies should definitely be determined before the transplant. Failing to determine this antibody might cause rejection. It is possible to decrease these antibodies with a medical treatment.


Q&A's about Kidney Transplant Surgery

  • Who are the experts of Transplant Surgery in Memorial Hospitals Group?
  • How many hours does surgery take?

Approximately 4-5 hours.

  • How many days should I stay at the Intensive Care Unit?

It depends on the patient. For most of the patients only 1 day of hospitilization is enough.

  • How long is the duration of hospital stay?

Approximately 5-6 days.

  • How many times and for how long do I receive post-operative control/ check up?

Within the 1st month every week, in 2nd and 3rd month once every 15 days. After 3 months, once a month and then once every 3 months.


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