Abstract
After the enforcement 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 in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and were decreased in 2013 and 2014. The percentage of the brain-dead donors slightly increased, but the total numbers of cardiac-arrested donors decreased intensely. Unexpectedly, in 2014, the total number of the deceased donors decreased to 77. The numbers of brain-dead and cardiac-arrested donors were 50 and 27. The organ transplantations from the deceased donors are realized with the efforts of the procurement teams. This is a report on organ procurement from the deceased donors for organ transplantations in Japan in 2014.
