This article provides an overview of solid organ transplantation in the United States and is produced as part of the 2007 OPTN/SRTR Annual Report. The Annual Report is prepared by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) in collaboration with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The r...

History of Organ Donation in Switzerland' how organ donation had been perceived, legitimised, criticised, judicially regulated and institutionalised in Switzerland. Hence, what does the history of organ transplantation tell us about the meaning and importance of biomedicine in late modernity? Hofmann presents the reader with a cultural history of organ donation, whereby culture is understood as...

PurposeBuild a national network of dedicated cardiothoracic surgical procurement and Organ Care System (OCS™) ex-vivo perfusion clinical experts to: Maximize donor organ utilization for transplantation; overcome logistical infrastructural burden distant procurements allocation; standardize quality care management allografts; establish better work-life balance transplant teams across the U.S.Met...

This article presents an overview of solid organ transplantation in the United States and is produced as part of the 2008 OPTN/SRTR Annual Report. The Annual Report is prepared by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) in collaboration with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The r...

liver or hepatic transplantation (lt) is the replacement of a diseased liver with part or whole healthy liver from another person (allograft). human liver transplants were first performed by thomas starzl in the united states and roy calne in cambridge, england in 1963 and 1967, respectively. liver transplantation is a viable treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure....