strategy
Undertaking organ transplants
Synonyms:
Advancing tissue transplantationTransplanting tissues
Arranging organ transplants
Transplanting organs between species
Implementation:
There were 681 organ transplants in Belgium in 1996, 13 percent more than the previous year, according to Eurotransplant, the organization that manages the exchange of human organs in the Benelux, Germany and Austria. Compared to 1995, the number of kidney transplants rose by a quarter to 410, while heart transplants rose 6 percent to 107. Liver transplants were down 5 percent to 135. In 1999, the first liver transplant without a blood transfusion was performed in Liège, Belgium to a Jehovah's Witness whose religion forbids transfusions.
In the USA in 2000, a total of 22,827 organ transplants were performed, an increase of 5.4 percent over 1999. More than 75,000 people are on the transplant waiting list.
Cord blood is collected from the umbilical cords of newborns shortly after birth. It is rapidly available because it can be stored in a blood bank and it does not need to be a perfect match for the patient's blood. These transplants are much less likely to be rejected by the patient because they have not been exposed to outside antigens.
Broader:
Advancing critical care Narrower:
Coordinating tissue typingDeveloping artificial organsSupporting corneal transplant surgery Constrained by:
Growing living cellsRefusing medical intervention Facilitated by:
Promoting park and ride schemesHybridizing animal speciesProviding organ bankProviding blood transfusionsDonating organs for transplantation Organizations:
Transplantation Society European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association Association for Nordic Dialysis and Transplant Personnel European Society for Organ Transplantation European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation European Transplant Coordinators Organization Scandinavian Transplantation Society Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation European Association of Musculo-Skeletal Transplantation Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation European Liver and Intestinal Transplant Association Asian Society of Transplantation Panamerican Society for Dialysis and Transplantation International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation International Transplant Coordinators Society European Heart and Lung Transplant Federation International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association - European Renal Care Association World Artificial Organ, Immunology and Transplantation Society International Liver Transplantation Society Nordic Committee on Transplantation Scandiatransplant Association European Study Group on Intestinal Transplantation European Health Committee Eurotransplant International Foundation European Liver Transplant Club Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration Australasian Transplant Coordinators Association Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide Beta Cell Transplant Transplant Recipients International Organization International Transplant Nurses Society German-Speaking Society for Intraocular Lens Transplantation Transnational Society of Advocates of the Adidam Revelation American Society of Plant Taxonomists Subjects:
Medicine → PhysiologyHealth Care → Surgery
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies