Effects of brain death on donor organ viability in transplantation

Organ transplantation has evolved from an experimental procedure in the 1950's and 60's to the therapy of choice for end-stage organ failure. The first solid organ to outgrow the experimental transplantation setting was the kidney. At that time the succesful transplant programs were those in which donor organs form living family members were used for transplantation in their ill relatives (living-related transplant combination). ... Zie: Summar