Two Pediatric Liver Transplants, Days Apart: Hatan & Saba

Hatan from Libya and Saba from Georgia arrived at Acibadem only days apart, both in urgent need of pediatric liver transplants. Each child received a life-saving living-donor graft from a parent, and both recovered rapidly under the care of the same multidisciplinary transplant team.

Pediatric liver transplantation is one of the most demanding procedures in modern medicine, requiring coordinated work between transplant surgeons, pediatric hepatologists, anesthesiologists and intensive-care teams. Acibadem’s transplant program regularly treats international patients whose options at home have run out.

Living-donor transplants — where a healthy parent donates a portion of their liver — can dramatically shorten the wait for a suitable organ. In both of these cases, careful donor evaluation and surgical planning made a rapid, safe operation possible.

Every patient’s situation is different, and transplant candidacy always requires a full clinical evaluation. If your family is exploring treatment options abroad, you can review our treatment programs or request a consultation.