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  2. Organ transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The donor and recipient may be at the same location, or organs may be transported from a donor site to another location.

  3. Organ donation - Wikipedia

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    The National Donor Monument, Naarden, the Netherlands Organ donation is the process when a person authorizes an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive, through a legal authorization for deceased donation made prior to death, or for deceased donations through the authorization by the legal next of kin.

  4. ABO-incompatible transplantation - Wikipedia

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    This means that anyone may receive a transplant of a type-O organ, and consequently, type-O recipients are one of the biggest beneficiaries of ABO-incompatible transplants. [2] While focus has been on infant heart transplants, the principles generally apply to other forms of solid organ transplantation.

  5. The U.S. is modernizing its 39-year-old organ transplant ...

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    Currently, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. are awaiting an organ transplant, highlighting the pressing need to increase transplant numbers, improve access, and shorten waiting times for ...

  6. Organ donation in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Organ donation is when a person gives their organs after they die to someone in need of new organs. Transplantation is the process of transplanting the organs donated into another person. This process extends the life expectancy of a person suffering from organ failure .

  7. Lung allocation score - Wikipedia

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    The post-transplant survival measure is one-year survival after transplantation of the lungs. Factors used to predict it include FVC, ventilator use, age, creatinine, NYHA class and diagnosis. [3] It is used for calculation of transplant benefit by subtracting another variable called waitlist urgency measure from it. The final lung allocation ...

  8. Tissue transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Xenotransplantation is a cross-species tissue transplantation from animal to human. [10] [11] The development of blood vessel anastomosis opened the door for xenotransplantation during the 20th century, which led to numerous attempts in organ transplantations with tissues from nonhuman primates (NHPs).

  9. Artificial organ - Wikipedia

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    An artificial organ is a human-made organ device or tissue that is implanted or integrated into a human – interfacing with living tissue – to replace a natural organ, to duplicate or augment a specific function or functions so the patient may return to a normal life as soon as possible. [1]