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,
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
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
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
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
1-year-old Emir was taken to the hospital by his family in France, the country where he lived, due to his complaints that developed after feeding. He was given a diet program along with medical treatment. However, doctors stated that the transplant necessary for radical treatment cannot be performed in France. ⠀ As the complaints continued
A patient who was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma and a resection surgery was performed in 2017 in Hungary. Upon the recurrence of tumor, radiotherapy treatment was planned in the same hospital. However, he had another autoimmune disease named “ primary biliary cirrhosis” in addition to his tumor and this led to worsening in his medical
Even a mushroom kills 23-year-old Adnan Kahveci, one of the two friends who was poisoned by eating the mushrooms they picked from the forest, died of liver failure. 42-year-old Doğan Yendekoğlu, who was faced with death because his liver was failing, was saved by his wife of 16 years, Gülbahar Yendekoğlu. They gathered mushrooms
61-year-old Osman Gürbüz left his country in 1972 and worked as a worker in France. Gürbüz, who has been living away from his country for 40 years, has been receiving treatment for approximately 6 years with the diagnosis of diabetes and cirrhosis in France. During this 6-year, he was treated three times due to varicose
Professor of Infectious Diseases Department of Benha University, one of the most important university hospitals in Egypt, Prof.Dr. Mahmaoud Fawzy Atta Aly held on to life again after a successful liver transplant in Turkey. Prof. Dr. Aly ,who fought with liver failure for 10 years, brought his 13 relatives to Turkey. In the examinations, the
When Horiye Tice, 65, who lives in Mardin, went to the doctor with a complaint of low back pain, it was understood that she had kidney failure. Tice, who was on dialysis 3 days a week for 10 months, was told by her doctors that the most effective treatment for kidney failure is a kidney
Osman Yıldız, the father of two children, who lives in Erzincan, was first diagnosed with liver failure. Doctors said that he did not have much time, he should have a liver transplant as soon as possible. Osman Yıldız, who came to the Memorial Ataşehir Hospital Organ Transplant Center, had an end-stage liver failure. He applied
