Worldwide Cadaveric Organ Donation Systems (Transplant Organ Procurement)

Organ transplantation, thanks to scientific and technical advancements, is considered as a successful daily procedure. Over one million people worldwide have received allograft organs and some of them have already survived more than 25 years.(1) Five-year survival rates for most organ transplant programs are around 70%.(1) Ever-increasing need to transplant organs has led to different approaches and methods in different countries in view point of transplant organ procurement. Each system in organ procurement for transplantation has peculiar advantages and differences in their functions and donation rate are due to structural and cultural differences.