Hörmet Tatlısu, 50, had been struggling with liver failure for about 6 years. Tatlısu, who first learned that she had “jaundice” while pregnant with her daughter, constantly postponed the treatment of her disease, which turned into cirrhosis. Derya Melek, 22, gave her liver to her mother who was caught with this disease while she was
Our 53-year-old patient, living in Izmir and diagnosed with polycystic kidney and polycystic liver disease, applied to us with the development of liver failure. Polycystic kidney disease, an inherited disease, causes fluid-filled cysts to form in the kidneys. This affects kidney functions and over time, kidney failure may develop. ⠀⠀ Polycystic kidney disease and polycystic
Due to the enzyme deficiency in the liver, Arif Emre, whose primary pathology was treated with the liver donated by his mother on 19.07.2019, received a kidney transplant from his father 7 months after the liver transplant. Both surgeries were successfully performed by Prof. Dr. Kamil Yalçın Polat and his team. Since hyperoxaluria is one
Eswekha Milad Salem from Libya was struggling with a tumor growing in her liver for 2 years. The mass in her liver grew gradually, as she could not go to a doctor and receive treatment due to the civil war in the country. When she came to Turkey, her liver weighed 5 kg. She regained
18-year-old Hüseyin Kazma, who fell ill and went into a coma within 20 days, needed an emergency liver transplant to survive. When the family members did not fit, his older sister informed her high school friends. Oğuzhan Ballı, who sold his phone for travel money to save his classmate’s brother who fell into a coma,
Our 61-year-old patient had surgery for prostate and then bladder tumor within 1 year. Local bile duct enlargement was detected in the ultrasound taken during routine controls. As a result of the detailed examinations after diagnosis, we determined that our patient had an early stage biliary tract tumor (cholangiocellular carcinoma). In biliary tract tumors, the
When Samanda applied to us, the only treatment option for her was transplantation. Years of drug treatment ended after the organ transplantation we performed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Samanda could not receive a donation from her family members due to her mother’s blood type not matching and her father’s heart disease. However,
Our 26-year-old patient, who had a disease called Budd Chiari Syndrome, which is caused by occlusion or narrowing of the vein in his liver, held onto life with liver transplantation. Suat’s complaints started to disappear one by one, after we performed the surgery with a special technique which is rarely applied in the world and
Zeynep, who was born with biliary atresia (a congenital absence of gallbladder ducts) held onto life with a transplantation from her mother. The story of baby Zeynep started with jaundice, as in many newborns. Initially, it was thought that she had neonatal jaundice, but her family had to take Zeynep to the hospital after the
The Eskerov family living in Azerbaijan visited many hospitals first in Azerbaijan and then in Georgia for the growing belly of their 2,5-year-old daughter Derya. However, all the tests were normal and the reason for the swelling in Derya’s abdomen could not be found. Then, the family brought Derya to Turkey. Derya was diagnosed with
