Annual Report of Organ Procurement in Japan: Report from the Registration Committee of the Japan Society for Transplantation (2013)

Abstract

After the enforcement in Japan of the amended Act on Organ Transplantation in July 2010, the number of brain-dead donors vastly increased. But the total numbers of the deceased donors for organ transplantation were almost the same after 2009. Brain-dead and cardiac-arrested donors in 2012 totaled 45 and 65. The percentage of brain-dead donors increased after 2010, but the total numbers of deceased donors decreased. According to the increase of brain-dead donors, many institutions took part in the procurement of variety of organs. This is a report on organ procurements from deceased donors for organ transplantations in Japan in 2012.