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, … See more

Autograft
Autografts are the transplant of tissue to the same person. Sometimes this is done with surplus tissue, … See more

• Kidney transplantation is becoming increasingly common and is the preferred treatment for end-stage renal failure.
• Liver … See more

Organ donors may be living or may have died of brain death or circulatory death. Most deceased donors are those who have been pronounced brain dead. Brain dead means the cessation of brain function, typically after receiving an injury (either traumatic or … See more

Chest
• Heart (deceased-donor only; porcine xenograft attempted)
• Lung (deceased-donor and living … See more

The main complications are procedural complications, infection, acute rejection, cardiac allograft vasculopathy and malignancy.
Non-vascular and vascular complications can occur in the initial post-transplant phase and at later … See more

In most countries there is a shortage of suitable organs for transplantation. Countries often have formal systems in place to manage the process of determining who is … See more