The year 2022 will then hit the peak year 2019 when 480 kidney transplants were performed. Previously, only organ donations were made through DBD (donation after brain death).
One explanation for the increase is that nowadays donations are also made from patients who have died after a circulatory arrest, so-called DCD donation (donation after circulatory death).
– We have seen a real increase in recent years, not least because we have gained access to this new type of donors, says Markus Gabel, transplant surgeon at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, to Läkartidningen.