Our long running transplant program is based on an altruistic (genetically related or non related) living donor source. Just under 3,000 transplantations have been performed at our center (the largest single center log for this country). Our one & five year graft survivals (presently 92.5 & 76.5%) are regularly reported at international and regional conferences such as the Middle Eastern Society for Organ Transplantation.

Pre-transplant process

The renal transplantation process starts with referral of an end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient to our nephrologists, direct selection of the patients from the dialysis ward or after inpatient evaluation of a new ESRD cases by the nephrology team.
After complete evaluation of the recipient, if he or she dose not have any potential living related donor, the recipient is introduced to the Dialysis and Transplantation Patient Association (DATPA).
There, an iso-blood group living related donor, previously evaluated for kidney donation, he/she is introduced to the recipient. The nephrologist in charge visits and evaluates the recipient again and in case of complete health and normal function of the donor and a negative WBC cross-match between the donor and recipient, refers the two to the transplantation committee.
The committee, consisting of a nephrologist, a transplant surgeon and a coordinating nurse, issues the final approval for transplantation.
With about 16 renal transplantations per month, patients are transplanted within a couple of months after referral to the transplantation committee.

Post-transplant management

Postoperative kidney transplantation follow-up is provided by our nephrologists.
After about 2 weeks of in-hospital patient care, patients may be re-admitted to the transplantation ward in case of complication.