In his statement on his social media account, Minister Koca stated that the first 4- and 5-way cross-liver transplants were previously performed in this center and said, “Cross transplant surgeries are the result of patients not being able to receive organs from their own donors due to blood and tissue incompatibility even though they have donors, and patients with the same condition cannot receive organs from their own donors.” “It means a transplant between patients from the donor of one to the recipient of the other. The most advanced of these transplants, 6-cross liver transplant surgeries, increases hope for patients waiting for transplant,” he said.
“THE FIRST 6-CROSS LIVER TRANSPLANTATION WAS DONE IN MALATYA”
Koca, Malatya İnönü University Liver Transplantation Institute President Prof. Dr. He also shared the video in which Sezai Yılmaz explains the surgery process.
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz stated that double-crossover transplants are performed in many countries around the world, but it has been shown that this does not contribute greatly to patients waiting for liver transplantation, but success has been achieved with multiple-crossover liver transplantations.
Prof. Dr. Yılmaz said that 9 of the 11 triple-cross transplants, as well as 4- and 5-cross liver transplants, have been performed in his institute.
Yilmaz used the following statements:
“Yesterday, the first 6-way liver transplant was performed.
It started at 08.00 in the morning and finished around 20.00 in the evening and was completed without any problems.