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Organ Transplant: Process and Expectations

Why candidate evaluation, surgery and first-year follow-up must be considered as one programme.

Organ Transplant: Process and Expectations
January 20, 20267 min

Candidate Evaluation

The first question in transplant care is not just surgical eligibility; comorbidities, infection risk and social support must be reviewed too.

If a living donor is involved, ethics review, psychosocial assessment and organ function testing are added.

Surgery and Early Phase

After surgery, ICU support and medication balance define the early phase.

Safe initiation of immunosuppression and infection-prevention protocols must move in parallel.

The First Year

The first year requires frequent laboratory, imaging and clinic reviews; it is decisive for graft survival.

For international patients, a hybrid follow-up model makes it easier to interpret local tests with the Ankara team.

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