The history of renal transplantation in the Arab world: a view from Saudi Arabia

American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation
Abdulla Ahmed Al Sayyari

Abstract

The first successful renal transplantation in the Arab world took place in Jordan in 1972. Surprisingly, the kidney transplanted was from a non-heart-beating deceased donor. Many Arab countries followed suit, starting their transplantation programs in the 1970s and 1980s, but all were from living related donors. Very few Arab countries managed to start deceased donor programs, notable among which is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Religion has an important part in personal life and government legislation in the Arab world; thus, organ procurement and transplantation had to wait for religious edicts (fatwas) to be passed about the permissibility of organ donation and brain death diagnosis before starting transplantation activities. In Saudi Arabia, the renal transplantation service went through several developmental phases, culminating in the establishment of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, which has become the prototype of a successful multiorgan procurement center to be emulated by Arab and Muslim countries. The story of transplantation in the Arab world is intertwined and shaped by the prevailing socioeconomic and health indicators in the different countries. It also is the story of hard-working pioneers and of human...Continue Reading

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