“First of all, this applies to cases where a seriously ill child cannot wait for an organ from a postmortem donor, and one of his closest relatives agrees to the transplant,” explained the independent chief transplant specialist at the Ministry of Russia of Russia. Health, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Gauthier. In order for the operation on a living donor to be successful and safe for the donor, it must be carefully examined. This is a complex, high-tech test using special equipment.”
Gauthier noted that lifetime related organ donation is a worldwide practice aimed at saving the lives of patients awaiting organ transplants. But it is possible to conclude that the donor has no risks of surgery and the possibility of obtaining a transplant that will save the recipient only as a result of a special examination.
In 2022, almost 400 related liver and kidney transplants were performed in Russia.
