1. Organ & Tissue Transplants

2. What is transplantation?
Replacing a damaged, non-functional or missing organ or tissue with an organ or tissue from another donor
There are multiple types of transplants:
Autografts – From the same persons body
Allografts – From another source
Isograft – From an identical source (twin or clone)
Xenografts – From another species

3. What can be transplanted?3 1
Organs 2

4. What can be transplanted?
Tissues 2 1

5. Autografts Transplant of organ tissue from within the same person
Less risk of rejection
Examples?

6. Skin Grafts
Bypass Surgery
Tommy John Surgery
Veins used to bypass coronary blockage
Ulnar collateral ligament replaced with one from elsewhere in body

7. Allografts Transplant of organ tissue from one person to another
Most transplants are allografts
Donors can be living or deceased
Tissues can be stored for transplants up to 5 years
Organs last about 24 hours after death
Examples?

8. Kidney Transplant
Face Transplant
First successful full facial transplant was in Barcelona in 2010

9. Xenografts Transplant of organ tissue from another species
High risk of rejection
Lifespan and disease issues
But long waitlists for organs make this potentially useful in the future

10. Received a baboon heart transplant in 1984
Baby Fae
Received a baboon heart transplant in 1984
Incompatible blood types (O vs AB)
Experimental and contraversial!

11. Isografts Transplant of organ tissue from identical source
Very rare because of requirements, but very successful! Low rejection rate.