Abstract

ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION AND DONATION AN OVERVIEW

Shubhada Khade* and Pritam Shinde

ABSTRACT

An organ is removed from body of the one person and placed in another person’s body during a medical procedure to replace a damaged or absent organ known as organ transplantation. It is possible for the recipient and donor to be in the same place, or organs may need to be transported from the donor site to the recipient site. An autograft is an organ or tissue that is transplanted into the same person's body. Allografts are grafts that are transplanted between two individuals of the same species. Allografts can be derived from either a living or a cadaveric source Successfully transplanted organs includes The Kidney, Heart, pancreas, liver, thymus and gut. Some organs such as brain are not transplantable Tendons bones (Also referred as musculoskeletal grafts) skin, cornea, nerves, veins and heart valves are examples of tissues. Worldwide the most commonly transplanted organs are kidneys, the second most transplanted organ is the liver and the third most is the heart. Musculoskeletal grafts and cornea are the most frequently used tissues for transplantation, outnumbering organ transplants by a factor of ten. Transplantation medicine is one of advanced medicine's most complicated and difficult fields. Some of the most important areas for medical management are transplant rejection issues.

Keywords: Organ, Donor, laws, Safety, Risk.