Kidney transplantation at the Department of Nephrology and Hypertension Kidney Transplantation In cases of advanced chronic kidney disease, kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for many patients [...] for the evaluation of patients for kidney transplantation. We also provide medical care during hospitalization for kidney transplantation and post-transplant follow-up care. This is carried out in close [...] on within the Transplant Center of Hannover Medical School, particularly with colleagues from the Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery. With 130–150 kidney transplants performed annually

hurdle to successful kidney transplantation. The MHH has already performed more than 100 such transplants. After the transplantation, a rejection reaction against the transplant occurred for a short time [...] largest transplant centers in Europe and, in the field of transplants in children and adolescents, one of the largest centers worldwide. In 1968, the success story began with the first kidney transplant. Now [...] of the MHH-Department for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery . Today, the MHH Transplant Center is the leading center in Germany for transplanting hearts, lungs, livers, kidneys and pancreases in

waiting level can be changed at any time from "transplantable" to "non-transplantable" and vice versa. After transplantation As soon as you have been transplanted, further care and aftercare will be provided [...] with reduced access to kidney transplantation and an increased risk of acute rejection post-transplant. Clinical Transplantation, 38(2), e15264. - Kidney transplantation in adults: Evaluation of the potential [...] dialysis). A kidney transplant is a good alternative. It improves your quality of life and can extend your life expectancy. When you visit the transplant outpatient clinic, experienced transplant physicians will

does the transplant center stand in your view? With a large number of groundbreaking scientific innovations, the MHH is one of the pioneers of transplantation medicine. Accordingly, transplantation medicine [...] care. The Transplant Center serves to coordinate all clinics, institutes and outpatient departments involved in transplantation. With more than 300 thoracic and abdominal organs transplanted per year and [...] General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery at Hannover Medical School since October 1, 2022. On April 1, 2023, he took over from Professor Dr. Axel Haverich as head of the Transplant Center. The visceral

(MHH) is the largest Transplant Centre in Germany for all solid organs, and is even a world leader in lung transplants. Every year, the physicians at the MHH Transplant Centre transplant 300 to 400 organs [...] clinics involved in transplant medicine. Interdisciplinary teams work together to provide you with the best possible therapy in the event of organ failure. Before, during and after a transplant, experienced [...] of Germany's pioneers in transplant medicine since 1968. The combination of research and patient care makes it possible to continuously improve the results of transplantation and thus your quality of life

Studies at the Transplant Centre Prospective, multicenter, comparative study of recurrence-free survival after liver transplantation in two tumor-stage-defined groups (UNOS T2 versus Milan-outZUCSF-in) [...] Applicant: PD Dr. Daniel Pöhnert, Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery Retrospective analysis of liver transplantation in acute toxic liver failure. Applicants: Dr. Ulf Kulik, Prof. Dr. [...] Visceral and Transplant Surgery Multicentre, open-label, randomized, two-arm, parallel-group, superiority study to assess practicability of Envarsus® compared with Advagraf® in de novo liver transplant recipients

50 years of organ transplantation in children and adolescents at the MHH Milestones 1970 Germany's first kidney transplant for a 13-year-old girl 1978 Germany's first liver transplant in a child 1983 C [...] immunosuppressant for kidney transplantation in children 1983 While the first heart transplant is being performed on an adult at the MHH, the world's first split liver transplant on an adult liver is also [...] performed on a 2-year-old child 1985 First heart transplant in a child 1987 First heart-lung transplant in a 3-year-old child 1990 First lung transplant in a child 1992 Opening of the Ederhof, a rehabilitation

Transplant Diagnostics Transplantation diagnostics focus on histocompatibility and immunogenetics in the context of organ transplantation and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. HLA antigen determination [...] differentiation are the basis for all transplantations to ensure donor-recipient compatibility. Transplant-related diagnostics are strictly regulated by the Transplantation Act, guidelines of the German Medical [...] non-HLA antibodies prior to transplantation. This analysis is performed regularly in patients prior to organ transplantation and in patients prior to stem cell transplantation if a mismatch is present in

of liver transplantation at the MHH November 1972 First liver transplant 1975 Second liver transplant and start of the actual transplant program June 29, 1978 Germany's first liver transplant on a child [...] child November 1981 First liver transplant on a child younger than one year old July 21, 1983 At the MHH, a segment of an adult is transplanted into a small child for the first time 1986 Split procedure: [...] Professor Pichlmayr transplants a donor liver into two patients for the first time worldwide 1989 First Auxillary Liver Transplantation (APOLT) at the MHH July 1994 First auxiliary partial orthotopic

Pediatric kidney and liver transplant "Since performing the first pediatric kidney transplant in Germany in 1970 and the first pediatric liver transplant in 1978, the MHH has established itself as one [...] conventional transplantation of an organ referred via the waiting list, this also includes living donor transplantation. Over the past 50 years, more than 800 pediatric kidney transplants and more than [...] experienced and largest pediatric transplant centers in Germany and Europe, with pioneering achievements such as Professor Pichlmayr's development of split liver transplantation, which is now used worldwide