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Usefulness of Thiel-Embalmed Cadavers for Training in Organ Procurement.
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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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
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Cost Structures of US Organ Procurement Organizations
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
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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
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Disposal of donor livers in Brazil: how to optimize their utilization rate in transplants?
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
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Transplantation of the heart after circulatory death of the donor: time for a change in law? [PDF]
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
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Innovative Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Modalities to Address Major Depression and Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Review [PDF]
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
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Application of theory of planned behavior on organ donation behavior: A systematic review
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
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Care actions in obtaining tissues and organs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study [PDF]
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
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Reviving a national strategy roadmap for organ and tissue donation in South Africa
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
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