What Has Changed with the Implementation of National Cadaveric Kidney Allocation Policy in Turkey?

YAVUZ O., YILDIRIM T., Yilmaz R., CANKURTARAN M., ERDEM Y.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY, vol.30, no.3, pp.199-204, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/turkjnephrol.2021.4549
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.199-204
  • Keywords: Graft survival, kidney allocation, mortality, DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION, COLD ISCHEMIA TIME, TRANSPLANTATION, RECIPIENTS, REJECTION, MORTALITY, DIALYSIS, SYSTEM, RATES, DONOR
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Previously, transplant centers in Turkey were free in selecting a potential recipient from their own local waiting list of deceased donor renal transplantation, and commonly patients with lower risk were selected. In May 2008, the Turkish Health Ministry issued a national cadaveric kidney allocation policy based on a pointing system. This system increased the equity but might have decreased the utility by elevating the risk of complications with possibly worse graft and patient survivals. We aimed to determine the short and medium-term effects of the new system on graft and patient survival.