from a second transplant couple who are also not sufficiently compatible with each other. Accordingly, the donor of transplant couple 1 donates their organ to the recipient of transplant couple 2 and vice [...] German Transplantation Act (no objection regulation). In the case of living donation, it is generally unavoidable to accept a particularly large number of mismatches. This makes subsequent transplants (re [...] (re-transplants) more difficult due to immunizations. In countries with more highly developed transplant programs, cross-over living donation is therefore generally sought in order to keep the number of

the Patient Advisory Board of the MHH Transplant Centre Tom before (left) and after his lung transplant. Copyright: Stefanie Bartel Tom received a donor lung transplant at the age of 2.5. It's hard to put [...] donation The Patient Advisory Board of the Transplant Centre is committed to Organ Donation Day 2022, June 4, 2022 The Patient Advisory Board of the Transplant Centre is committed to Organ shortage in Germany [...] Advisory Council urges implementation of six measures Copyright: MHH/Transplant Centre The Patient Advisory Council of the MHH Transplant Centre has taken Organ Donation Day and the dramatic developments

rates for tacrolimus in kidney transplant recipients and correlate them with transplant function. He will report on the results and the practical implications for transplant aftercare in his lecture for [...] start with the figures on kidney transplants at the MHH. This will be followed by an exciting presentation by Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Reuter, Senior Consultant in Transplantation Nephrology at Münster University [...] s - how risk stratification can improve adherence and outcome after kidney transplantation". In the area of kidney transplant aftercare, we naturally strive to develop individualized concepts, which also

the Transplant Centre A generational change is underway at the MHH Transplant Centre. Transplantation medicine in Germany is facing old and new challenges. The 3rd Advent Lecture of the Transplant Centre [...] the motto "Transplantation Medicine: New Minds, New Visions?". Four new executives at the MHH Transplant Centre presented their work and ideas and discussed the current situation in transplant medicine - [...] Dr. Dr. Moritz Schmelzle, Medical Director of the Clinical Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery since October 2022 Take a look at the lectures !

and Transplant Engineering and Professor Haverich provided the opportunity for in-depth discussions on organ donation and transplantation issues. "Organ donation officer" instead of "transplantation officer" [...] heart patients and kidney transplant patients and their physicians, the MPs were able to get a personal impression of their hopes, hardships and the blessings of transplant medicine. Talks with MHH President [...] Before the vote: Members of the Bundestag inform themselves at the Transplant Centre Four organ donor cards form one subject; MHH/Tx-Zentrum/Mosel Objection solution or extended decision solution? In January

cooled at four degrees Celsius in transport boxes and transported to the Transplant Centre within a few hours in order to be transplanted as quickly as possible. Continuous machine perfusion with a blood-like [...] "OCS also makes transplantation easier to plan - which benefits patient safety," says Prof. Dr. Axel Haverich, Director of the MHH Clinical Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery [...] transported to Germany. Fewer organ failures and greater transplant safety The results of clinical studies are also available for liver transplantation (7). Two randomized international studies on machine

Visceral and Transplant Surgery (VCH), and colleagues asked 131 patients at the interdisciplinary transplant outpatient clinic about their information status and needs before an organ transplant. "Our aim [...] patients before a transplant and to identify information gaps and opportunities for improvement," explains Teresa Linge, who is now a junior physician in Berlin. Information promotes the transplant process The [...] general - and not tailored to the specific requirements of liver or kidney transplants. The needs differ significantly: kidney transplant patients are usually closely connected through dialysis and are well

Transplant Care Initiative Transplantation medicine is a focus of care at Hannover Medical School (MHH). Between 300 and 400 patients receive a donor organ every year. They are cared for before, during [...] during and after transplantation by highly qualified nursing staff in the Clinical Departments involved in transplantation. The nursing care of chronically ill patients suffering from various underlying diseases [...] In summer 2021, the transplant care initiative was launched, which is based on the MHH's oncology care concept, among other things. The aim is to ensure optimal care for transplant patients in all Clinical

welcome you to our Kidney Transplant Conference in September 2025. Following the presentation and discussion of our transplant figures, we would like to devote this kidney transplant conference to the topic [...] anemia after kidney transplantation. Like blood lipids and bone metabolism, anemia is a constant companion in the context of chronic kidney damage, but also after kidney transplantation. As is so often the [...] Kidney Transplant Conference Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from 5 p.m., online Organization: Clinical Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School Dear colleagues, We would like to

Research The MHH Transplant Centre can look back on more than 15,000 organ transplants since 1968 and on numerous innovative developments that are now standard in transplant medicine. The MHH focus on [...] Integrated Research and Treatment Center for Transplantation (IFB-Tx) created interdisciplinary center structures and strengthened interdisciplinary research. The Transplant Centre comprises 18 Clinical Departments [...] on "Transplantation Research and Regenerative Medicine" has received unprecedented research funding over decades, in cooperation with regional, national and international research partners. Transplantation