Transplantation
Organ transplantation: a complete guide for patients and families
For some people with end-stage kidney, liver, heart or lung failure, an organ transplant is the most effective treatment available.
Organ transplantation
Transplantation
Kidney, liver, heart and lung transplantation: when it is needed, how assessment works, what follows surgery, and the legal and ethical rules that protect donors and recipients.
12 articles
Transplantation
Kidney transplant: who it is for, how it works and what comes next
A kidney transplant is the most common organ transplant and, for many people with end-stage kidney failure, a better option than lifelong dialysis.
Transplantation
Liver transplant: when it is needed, donors and recovery
A liver transplant can save the life of someone with severe liver disease when the liver can no longer recover.
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Heart transplant: when it is needed, what happens and life afterwards
A heart transplant is a treatment for people with end-stage heart failure when medicines, devices and other surgery no longer help.
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Lung transplant: who it can help and what to expect
A lung transplant is a treatment for people with severe, progressive lung disease when medicines, oxygen and rehabilitation are no longer enough.
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Pre-transplant evaluation: what the tests involve and why
Before any transplant, you go through a detailed evaluation.
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Life after a transplant: medicines, check-ups, diet and everyday life
A transplant is not the end of treatment but the start of a new chapter.
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Organ donation: law, ethics and international rules
Transplants are only possible thanks to donors – people who give organs during life or after death.
Transplantation
Chronic kidney disease: symptoms, stages and treatment
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a long-term loss of kidney function.
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Cirrhosis and hepatitis: causes, symptoms, treatment and when a transplant is needed
Cirrhosis is the end stage of long-term liver damage, in which healthy tissue is gradually replaced by scar tissue.
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Kidney transplant in Turkey: living related donors, the law and the process
Some patients from Bulgaria and the rest of Europe with end-stage kidney failure consider a kidney transplant at a large hospital in Istanbul.
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Liver transplant in Turkey: living donors, the law and the process
A living-donor liver transplant is a complex operation in which a healthy relative donates part of their liver.
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