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Director of Malatya İnönü University Liver Transplant Institute, Prof. Dr.  Sezai Yilmaz, Turkish scientist Prof. working at Boston College in the USA, to the AA correspondent. Dr. Tayfun Sönmez and Prof. Dr. He said that they used Utku Ünver's application that matches transmitters.

Yılmaz emphasized that cross-liver transplantation is a highly innovative method that offers organ transplantation to patients by exchanging the donors of patients with incompatible living donors.

Noting that this method was previously used in kidney transplantation and has begun to be applied in liver transplantation, Yılmaz said, "Today, Malatya has become the world's pioneer in cross-liver transplantation. More than 180 cross-liver transplants have been performed. Of course, these are not just double, but triple, quadruple, five-fold, six-fold and seven-fold liver transplants. This is extremely important, because as we perform multiple cross-liver transplants, it offers patients the opportunity to undergo more transplants." he said.

Stating that their goal is to do their best, Yılmaz continued as follows:

"Inönü University is the undisputed number one in the world in cross-liver transplantation. As we reach those goals, the goals grow again. We have become a global pioneer in the world by expanding this program as much as possible. Therefore, we want to attract all patients from around the world who need liver transplantation in this regard and provide health services to them in Malatya. As a matter of fact, those who have incompatible living donors from abroad and cannot access liver transplantation.  Crimea,  Jordan,  Saudi ArabiaWe were able to offer liver transplants to patients from .

Between 3-9 November  TürkiyePointing out that it is Organ Donation and Transplantation Week in Turkey, Yılmaz said that the first successful kidney transplant was performed by Prof. Dr. Reminding that it was made by Mehmet Haberal, he said:

"The level of organ donation in our country is insufficient. Although it was up to 7-8 per million population in our country, today it has dropped to 3-4, especially after this earthquake disaster that our country experienced. I think this has gained momentum again. It is slowly starting to increase. But there are countries with over 40 per million population. We definitely need to catch them, we need to increase organ donation. This should now be taught as a lesson in primary schools. At least it will encourage future generations to be more sensitive about organ donation and volunteer. We must develop some new methods.  health  Our Minister also comes from the field of organ transplantation, he is a liver transplant surgeon. "He is extremely sensitive about this issue and I believe he will take the necessary steps."

Stating that there are people who die while waiting for a liver transplant and that at least one in 5 of them die in a year, Yılmaz said, "There are so many patients who die just while waiting for an organ... We have to increase organ donations in order to provide a cure for other patients." he said.