Organ transplant

An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor. Organ donors can be living, or deceased (previously referred to as cadaveric).

Major Organs and Tissues Transplanted

Solid Organs

Thoracic Organs

• Heart (Deceased-donor only)
• Lung (Deceased-donor and Living-Donor)
• En bloc Heart/Lung (Deceased-donor only)

Abdominal Organs

• Liver (Deceased-donor and Living-Donor)
• Kidney (Deceased-donor and Living-Donor)
• Pancreas (Deceased-donor and rarely Living-Donor)
• Small bowel (Small Intestine) (Deceased-donor and Living-Donor)
• Kidney-Pancreas (Sometimes simultaneous, sometimes in separate procedures) (One Deceased- and one Living-Donor on record)
• Combined Liver-Kidney (Generally Deceased-donor only)
• Combined Liver-Small Bowel (Deceased-donor only)

Other Organs

• Hand (Deceased-donor only)
• Cornea (Deceased-donor only)
• Penis (Deceased-donor only)

Tissues, Cells, and Fluids

• Islets of Langerhans (Pancreas Islet Cells) (Deceased-donor and Living-Donor)
• Bone marrow/Adult stem cell (Living-Donor and Autograft)
• Blood transfusion/Blood Parts Transfusion (Living-Donor and Autograft)
• Blood vessels (Autograft and Deceased-Donor)
• Heart valve (Deceased-Donor, Living-Donor and Xenograft)
• Bone (Deceased-Donor, Living-Donor, and Autograft)

Currently not possible but being seriously researched

• Face (patient trials currently underway)
• Lower esophageal sphincter (LES)