2018 年 53 巻 2-3 号 p. 81-87
This report presents the Japanese status for organ procurement from deceased donors for organ transplantation in 2017. The year 2017 was the twentieth anniversary of the enforcement of the Act on Organ Transplantation. 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 deceased donors for organ transplantation, which were almost the same in 2010, 2011, and 2012, decreased in 2013 and 2014 and slightly increased in 2015 and 2016. In 2017, the total number of deceased donors increased by over 110. The organ procurement for transplantation from deceased donors is supported by the efforts of procurement teams.
