Interesting information about transplantation - an operation that gives a patient a second life.
Organ donation means that you give your organ or part of an organ or tissue to another person, a patient who needs a transplant for life.
The donor can be either a living person or a deceased person when the patient's brain death is confirmed!
You confirm your consent to donation during your lifetime, that is, you fill out a special card and are registered as a donor.
During an organ transplant, in fact, a second chance is given to a patient who has an acute illness or has suffered a serious injury to a vital organ for certain reasons.
Unfortunately, there are not enough organs in stock, for example, according to US statistics, more than 100,000 patients are waiting for a life-saving organ, but only 40,000 organ transplants can be performed.
Organs that you can donate:
- Liver;
- Kidney;
- Pancreas;
- Heart;
- Lung;
- Uterus;
- Intestine.
Organ tissues that you can donate:
- Cornea;
- Heart valve;
- Bone marrow;
- Bone;
- Skin;
- Tendon;
- Muscle;
- Blood vessel;
- Hand;
- Face;
- Nerve.
Organ parts that you can donate while you are alive:
- A single kidney;
- Part of the liver;
- Gestational tissue;
- Uterus;
- In rare clinical cases, part of the lung, pancreas, or intestine.
Source:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/11750-organ-donation-and-transplantation
