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Usefulness of Thiel-Embalmed Cadavers for Training in Organ Procurement.

open access: yesTransplantation Proceedings, 2022
BACKGROUND The number of brain-dead donors has been increasing; however, the opportunity for young surgeons to experience deceased donor surgeries is extremely limited, especially in many Asian countries including Japan.
Hiroaki Mitsugashira   +10 more
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Maximizing Solid Organ and Face Transplant Procurement Team Coordination: The Posterior Tibial Artery Flap as an Ideal Sentinel Flap

open access: yesMayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2023
Face transplantation became a reality with the first case performed in 2005. Facial tissue allograft procurement is technically complex and time-intensive. Brain-dead deceased donors are frequently, if not always, multiorgan donors.
M. Suchyta   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cost Structures of US Organ Procurement Organizations

open access: yesTransplantation, 2021
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background. The goal is to provide a national analysis of organ procurement organization (OPO) costs. Methods. Five years of data, for 51 of the 58 OPOs (2013–2017, a near census) were obtained under
P. Held   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Opinion of medical students compared with non-medical students about organ donation and its bioethical conflicts

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021
Introduction and Purpose: Organ donation is controversial. Chilean legislation failed to increase donors. However, it seems that there is an enthusiasm to be an organ donor, so education is important. Therefore, medical students play an important role in
Esteban Muñoz-Niklitschek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disposal of donor livers in Brazil: how to optimize their utilization rate in transplants?

open access: yesEinstein (São Paulo), 2021
Objective: To understand the professionals´ perception of the use of deceased donor liver for transplantation, the reasons to decline them, and propose strategies to increase their use safely.
Júlia Porto de Oliveira Drezza   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Transplantation of the heart after circulatory death of the donor: time for a change in law? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Procurement of organs has always been conducted according to the dead donor rule, that is, after death of the donor — but this practice is being challenged. Introduction Australia has an increasing shortfall in transplantable hearts.
James Tibballs, Neera Bhatia
core   +1 more source

Innovative Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Modalities to Address Major Depression and Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Review [PDF]

open access: yesCell Journal
Depression is among the most widespread mental health conditions worldwide, with a significant number of patientsshowing inadequate responses to pharmacological treatments.
Batoul Mirbolouk   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of theory of planned behavior on organ donation behavior: A systematic review

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2021
Organ donation saves lives and improves the quality of life. There is a shortage of organ donors worldwide. Behavior theories, such as the theory of planned behavior (TPB), help identify the antecedents of organ donation behavior and design effective ...
Marzieh Latifi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Care actions in obtaining tissues and organs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2022
Objective: to map health care actions in the organ and tissue donation process in Brazilian regions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: a mixed methods study. Data collection was performed simultaneously through an online questionnaire with 72 nurses.
Neide da Silva Knihs   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reviving a national strategy roadmap for organ and tissue donation in South Africa

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Nephrology, 2023
In September 2019, a two-day workshop ahead of the Southern African Transplantation Society congress brought together South African champions for organ donation and leaders from the International Society of Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP) at a ...
D. Thomson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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