Degrees of Kinship

- First degree relatives: Spouse, mother, father, child.

- Second degree relatives: Siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, grandchildren.

- Third degree relatives: Uncle, aunt, uncle, aunt, niece.

- Fourth-degree relatives: Children of third-degree relatives and relatives up to the fourth degree of spouses of people who have been officially married for two years or more are also considered as relatives of that person due to their 'in-law relationship'.

After these conditions are met, the kidney transplant recipient and donor will be able to apply to the Organ Transplant Clinic. After the application, some medical conditions are questioned for the safety of the surgery and a closer evaluation of the patient for both the recipient and the donor.

Requirements for necessary medical conditions:

- Blood group compatibility,

- Not have a contagious disease,

- Appropriate body mass index,

- Not having any disease that will complicate the transplant process,

- Not have any psychiatric disorders that will complicate the transfer process,

- Not being pregnant.

Compatibility of blood groups in organ transplantation:

- It can receive organs from A and O blood groups, and donate organs to A and AB blood groups.

- It can receive organs from B and O blood groups, and donate organs to B and AB blood groups.

- It can receive organs from all groups (0, A, B and AB), and donate organs only to AB blood group.

- It can receive organs from only 0 blood groups, and can donate organs to all blood groups (0, A, B and AB).

In living donor kidney transplants, the process is carried out as follows:

- Examinations performed on live recipient and donor candidates,

- Physical examination,

- Urine examination and kidney function tests,

- blood examinations,

- Bacteriological examinations,

- Immunological examination and evaluation,

- Radiological examinations,

- Required departmental consultations.

All these processes will take 3-5 days on average. The necessary medical conditions, examinations, etc. After the completion of the procedure, the Organ Transplantation Council is convened with the participation of all relevant department specialists and discussions are made about the surgery of the patients. At the end of the interviews, the patients are informed about the surgery.

Patient information is of great importance.

Because in this information, what needs to be done after transplantation is explained to the patient in detail and a longer kidney survival is ensured. Our donor patient is discharged from the hospital three days after the operation, and our recipient patient is discharged at the end of the sixth day to return to their normal lives after being followed up and evaluated in our clinic. Transplant recipient patients are able to fully participate in their social lives within a maximum of one month.

Phone: 0.342.211 50 00 (5473 - 5474)

Ambulance: 0.342.211 50 00 (5111)

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