FAQ's on
Liver Transplantation and Liver Surgery

Liver Frequenty Asked Questions:

*	Why do we need liver transplantation?
*	Can anyone's organ be transplanted to anyone
*	Can the organs I donate be sold for money?
*	Considering that the organ transplant is an area open to abuse, how is the system controlled?
*	Can  the information taken during organ transplantation be captured by organ traders?
*	What is the difference between brain death and real death?
*	What is the difference between brain death and persistent vegetative state?
*	What does Cadaver Coordination Systems mean?
*	Do the family members or the state reimburse the hospital expenses of a patient whose brain has died during the intense care and whose organs are donated, but who do not have any social insurance? Is money paid to the family of such patient?
*	Is the body unity preserved during the organ transplantation operation?
*	Is there any age limit for organ donation?
*	May I give up donating my organs?
*	Which organs can be transplanted?
*	Does the fact that I have donated organ affect my medical care in emergency service?
*	Does giving some part of my liver or one of kidneys to my brother or sister affect my health condition?
*	What is the success rate in organ transplantations in our country?
*	IF THE PERSON TO WHOM MY ORGAN IS TRANSPLANTED COMMITS SIN...
*	How can we find the organs for transplantation ?
*	How is body's accepting or rejecting the organ transplanted?
*	Who needs a liver transplant?
*	What are the symptoms of liver disease?
*	What is the procedure for proceeding with liver transplant?
*	Who can be a liver donor?
*	Is liver donation safe?
*	What is the success rate of liver transplantation?
*	Are life-long medicines necessary after liver transplant?
*	After a liver transplant, does a person have high infection rates and lead a very restricted life?
*	How long should the transplant patients use immunosupressive drugs? ----
*	How much of the liver is taken from the live donors?
*	What is the risk for liver donor? Will he or she face any problem in the future?
*	When does the transplanted patient return to normal life after the surgery?
*	What is the risk of surgery? What are the complications during the surgery?
*	What is the average life expectancy after the surgery?
*	What is the number of people who are waiting for liver transplantation in Turkey? What is the number of surgeries made in one year? How many of these use organs taken from cadaver?
*	What is the cost of surgery?
*	How long is the surgery and the intensive care after the transplantation?
*	How many times should I come to the hospital after the transplantation ?
*	Who can be a living donors? How do they donate their organs ?
*	What are the tests applied to the patient and the donors?
*	What is a cadaveric donor? How can one enter into the cadaveric list?
*	What is the duration of time for waiting in the cadaveric list? How is the patients accessed?
*	How is organ taken from the cadaver? Who is given priority and what is the criteria for giving priority? What is the waiting time for the organ taken out?
*	Can a woman having liver transplantation get pregnant? If yes, how long after the transplantation? Is there any risk?
*	What is the risk of damage for other organs in such a long surgery?
*	What are the things to be paid attention to before or after the surgery?
*	Can the patient do sports  after the transplantation?
*	Is it allowable to use alcohol after the transplantation?
*	Are the patients evaluated in terms of their psychological conditions before the transplantation?
*	Can the patients return to normal sexual life after the transplantation?
*	Can the person having transplant go to the sea or go out when there is sun?
*	Do the people having transplantation bear more infection risk than normal people?
*	Can the patient  have plastic surgery afterwards?
*	How many days after the surgery can the patient have bath?
*	Is there any age limit for cadaver and living donors?

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