Why Choose Turkey?
Turkey is a leading destination in health tourism. It has modern hospitals and qualified healthcare professionals that provide world-class high-level healthcare services. At the same time, treatment costs are more economical compared to other countries, which provides a great advantage to patients. Kidney transplantation in Turkey is a popular research topic for patients awaiting organ transplantation.
The opportunity to combine the treatment process with an unforgettable holiday makes Turkey different from other countries. It offers a rich holiday experience with its unique natural beauties, historical and cultural heritage. Turkey provides ease of communication to foreign patients thanks to its developed healthcare infrastructure and being an English-speaking country.
Thermal and spa centers also increase the demand for health tourism, offering visitors both health and relaxation opportunities.
Meet Prof.Dr. Murat TUNCER
Prof. Dr. Murat Tuncer and his team also performed Turkey’s first blood type mismatched (ABO incompatible ) kidney transplant (10).
According to the laws of the Turkey, you can receive a kidney transplant from your relatives up to the fourth degree. This suggests that you can still get kidneys from your or your spouse’s uncles, aunts and also their children. In addition, you can get kidneys from close friends by entering the ethics committee.
If you have any donor, don’t wait any longer to participate in the international cross-kidney transplant system. Take action now!
Thanks to the international cross-kidney system, desensitisation procedures, preemptive transplantation and ABO incompatible kidney transplantation, you don’t have to go on dialysis anymore. By the way of our different methos, live 3 times more longer and enjoy a better quality of life.
Attention! Kidney failure and dialysis patients.
You don’t have to go on dialysis anymore.
Anyone with a donor whether blood group compatible or not , can get a transplant.
What is the Cross Kidney Transplant ?
Cross Kidney Transplant or Bilateral Kidney Exchange is a specialized form of kidney transplantation designed for patients who have compatible living donors. In this procedure, a patient has a suitable donor, but the transplantation cannot be carried out due to incompatibility with the donor. Cross kidney transplant programs have been established to facilitate kidney exchange among compatible donor-recipient pairs. This ensures that each recipient receives a kidney that matches their blood type and other compatibility factors. These programs are typically managed by transplant centers and specialized organizations that coordinate kidney exchanges.
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What is the Kidney Disease?
Kidney disease refers to damage to the kidneys, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. These two bean-shaped organs are in the back of the abdomen, near the middle of the body. Their main function is to filter waste products from the blood. If they fail to filter blood properly, these wastes build up in the body and can cause fluid imbalances, high blood pressure, weakness and fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and anemia, along with a host of other symptoms.
CKD – Chronic Kidney Diseaseis One of the Most Common Health Problems Worldwide.
According to the World Health Organization, chronic kidney disease affects more than 850 million people worldwide. This corresponds to about 10% of the world’s population.
Chronic kidney failure is one of the most common diseases leading to death. In 2017, approximately 1.2 million people died from chronic kidney disease.
Chronic kidney failure has become one of the public health problems in many countries. The incidence of chronic kidney disease is increasing, especially with the increase in risk factors such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
Kidney transplantation is an effective treatment for patients with chronic kidney failure. With the increase in organ donation, the number of kidney transplants is also increasing. For example, the number of kidney transplants performed in the United States in 2020 is 23,401.
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ABO incompatible kidney transplantation: first cases in Turkey
Under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr.Murat Tuncer, the Istanbul Organ Transplant Team is the largest kidney transplant team in the world, with over 400 kidney transplants per year. This team has performed many successful national (4) and international (5,6) kidney transplants.
That team conducted a unique operation at the base of the Medicana Hospital – cross-transplantation/paired kidney exchange according to the “domino” principle simultaneously to seven patients from seven donors. Among European clinics such a transplant was carried out for the first time. New organs were received by patients from both from Turkey and from other countries (8).
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Asked Questions
Who can be a living donor for kidney transplantation?
According to the laws of the Turkey, you can receive a kidney transplant from your relatives up to the fourth degree. This suggests that you can still get kidneys from your or your spouse’s uncles, aunts and also their children. In addition, you can get kidneys from close friends by entering the ethics committee.
What is international cross kidney transplant?
With International Cross Transplantation System, Desensitization procedures and ABO blood group incompatible transplantation treatments, anyone can have a kidney transplant, whether they have a blood group compatible donor or PRA positivity.
According to the most recent reports from the International Organ Registry in Organ Donation and Transplantation (3), Turkey ranked first globally for the overall living-donor transplant rate (53.02 per million population [pmp]) and for living-donor renal transplant activity (36.64 pmp).
How to Find a Suitable Kidney?
Patients who are told by their doctor that dialysis treatment is necessary should immediately contact the nearest transplant centre. A person can only accept another organ if certain conditions are fulfilled:
Blood group compatibility:
Blood types are characteristic indicators provided by the red blood cells circulating in our veins. It does not change from birth and is roughly a pre-code for all of us. There are four basic blood types: A, B, AB and O (zero).
Which blood group we have depends on whether we carry two different antigens (a type of protein) in our body, called A and B. If we carry antigen A, our blood group will be A. Similarly, if we have antigen B, our blood group will be B. Patients who have both antigens will have blood group AB and patients who do not have either of these two antigens will have blood group O.
Patient Donor
- 0 Group / Only 0 Group can give
- Group A / Group A or Group 0
- Group B / Group B or Group 0
- AB Group / Each group can give (0, A, B or AB)
Who is at risk for kidney disease?
Diabetes and high blood pressure are the more common causes of CKD in most adults. Other risk factors include heart disease, obesity, a family history of CKD, inherited kidney disorders, past damage to the kidneys, and older age. Managing blood sugar and blood pressure can help keep kidneys healthy.
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