Six patients including two children aged 3 and 13 years with liver failure received a new lease of life when they were successfully operated upon by a joint team of surgeon from Shiraz and SIUT. All the donors were close blood relatives of the recipients.
A team of Iranian surgeons from Ibne Sina center of Shiraz was currently visiting as a part of collaborative program between the two medical institutions. So far, fifteen living donor liver transplants have been carried out successfully with this initiative.
This is part of a regular feature which was organized under the auspices of MESOT (Middle East Society of Organ Transplantation) and aimed at sharing expertise and enhance professional skills of professionals. Shiraz Centre of Transplantation one of the largest liver transplant centers in the region.
Living donor liver transplant can fulfill the need of only a small portion of patients. An estimated 100,000 liver transplants are required every year. This can only be achieved through deceased organ donation where the patients dying in ICU on ventilators can donate kidneys and liver after family’s consent.
Deceased organ donation can save upto 2 lac patients of end stage organ failure every year. Unless people pledge their organ during their life time, we will not be able to save these patients. SIUT had earlier performed transplants from three deceased organ donors saving the lives of six patients of end stage organ failure. The awareness about organ donation is spreading in the community and hopefully more lives can be saved by people pledging their organs.
