Turkish surgeon performs world's 1st simultaneous 8-way liver transplant (opens original article in a new tab)

A Turkish medical team performed the world's first simultaneous eight-way cross-liver transplant, completing 16 surgeries in 22 hours to save patients without compatible donors.

• Turkish surgeon Prof. Dr. Sezai Yılmaz led the first simultaneous eight-way cross-liver transplant in Malatya province.
• The 22-hour operation involved 16 surgeries with eight donors and eight recipients from different families.
• The procedure aims to save patients with no other compatible donor options, building on previous world-first cross-transplant successes.