Organ transplantation

Organ transplantation

The medical practice of replacing a patient's failing organ with a healthy one from a donor. Organs transplanted most often are the kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas.

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OPTN membership

Health care; Organ transplantation

There are five categories of membership to the OPTN: * Institutional Members: Organ Procurement Organizations, Transplant Centers and Histocompatibility Laboratories. Required by law. Membership ...

zero antigen mismatch (0MM)

Health care; Organ transplantation

This occurs when the donor does not have any HLA-A, B, or DR antigens foreign to the transplant candidate.

This term is synonymous with life-years and refers to the total number of years lived by a group of people. It is sometimes used in rate calculations. For example, if 100 candidates each spent one ...

wait list registration

Health care; Organ transplantation

To be registered for a transplant, a patient undergoes a complete clinical evaluation by the transplant team. If a transplant is needed, the center registers that patient on the Wait List. Within ten ...

organ donation

Health care; Organ transplantation

To give an organ or a part of an organ to be transplanted into another person. Organ donation can occur with a deceased donor, who can give kidneys, pancreas, liver, lungs, heart, intestinal organs, ...

sensitization

Health care; Organ transplantation

Transplant candidates are "sensitized" if their immune system makes antibodies against a general donor pool. Sensitization usually occurs as a consequence of pregnancy, blood transfusions, or ...

xenotransplantation

Health care; Organ transplantation

Transplantation of an animal organ into a human. Although xenotransplantation is highly experimental, many scientists view it as an eventual solution to the shortage of human organs.