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Medical evaluation for transplant: Medical evaluation and decision on indication for transplant: Re-evaluation with patient removed from organ transplantation waiting list: Liver transplantation

An assessment has been made as to whether you should be given a liver from another person.

Sometimes vital organs no longer work properly. There can be a variety of reasons for that. The affected people can be helped with a properly functioning replacement organ. The appropriate organ or tissue can be donated by other people. The donor organ or donor tissue has to be removed surgically.

Your liver is no longer working properly. The liver is an important organ on the top right of the abdomen. For example, it helps with blood clotting and detoxifying the body. Nutrients from food are processed in the liver.

A questionnaire and various tests are usually used to assess whether a person is suitable for a donor liver. There are many different factors involved, such as one’s state of health.

There is usually a very limited number of donor organs available. So there is a waiting list for the organ concerned. You have been taken off the waiting list for a donor liver. There may be health reasons, for example, why one can no longer be given a donor liver.

Additional indicator

If necessary, additional letters are appended to OPS codes to indicate which side of the body is affected.

  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the OPS code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).