Transplantation Preparation and Post-transplantation Monitoring

Renal transplantation can be performed from either alive or a cadaver donor. Recipients and donors are evaluated in detail and subjected to required tests for the procedure. Patients receiving dialysis in Hemodialysis Center of our hospital are periodically evaluated and included in kidney transplantation waiting list. Also, patients who receive dialysis treatment from other centers are also offered these services upon request.

Patients with a relative (such as parents or siblings) volunteering to donate kidney are evaluated in our outpatient clinic as well. Alive donors should share the same blood type and should not suffer from any serious medical problem, particularly hypertension and diabetes. After basic tests for diagnosis, tissue typing and imaging renal vessels with tomography are performed for these patients. After suitable recipients and donors are discussed at the Transplantation Council, renal transplantation is performed by Urology Department. You will need to be hospitalized for 10-14 days after the transplantation. You should use certain medication in order to prevent your body from rejecting the organ. Follow-up check-ups of our patients are periodically given in the outpatient clinic after the transplantation.