Preliminary Report of the ministry of health working group on standardization of living donor liver transplantation in Turkiye

Abstract

Liver transplantation is successfully applied all over the world and in our country. Donation from deceased donors has not reached to the desirable level in Turkey similar to many middle and far east countries. Therefore, in our country, living donors have been frequently used for liver transplantation. Although Turkey is the leading country performing LDLT in Europe and one of the top three countries around the world, nation-wide standardization of LDLT protocols including donor and recipient evaluation and acceptance criteria, donor and recipient follow-up and reporting rules and routine periodic audits by ministry of health authorities have not been established. Therefore, we created a work group to conduct a study reviewing regulations of LDLT operation in Europe and US. Establishment and implementation of standardization of LDLT operation will serve improving the donor and recipient outcomes while preventing incomplete or incorrect practices. The guide prepared on this subject is presented in the appendix.