Transplantation

Transplantation: clear overview, key topics, and practical navigation to related guides.

Kidney transplant: indications, preparation, surgery, medications, and life after transplantation

A kidney transplant is a surgery in which a person with end-stage chronic kidney disease receives a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor.

Uterine transplant: who gets it and what are the results?

Congenital aplasia (agenesis) of the uterus is often discovered only in adolescence, when a girl goes to see a gynecologist for an examination due to the absence of menstruation.

Skin transplantation: indications and recovery

Our skin is not only our largest organ but also a vital one, so injuries and pathologies that result in severe damage or loss of skin can be life-threatening. Skin transplantation is the most common method of restoring skin integrity.

Transplantation: indications, preparation, technique

The first successfully transplanted organ was a kidney (Murray J., Boston, USA, 1954). This was a related transplant: the donor was the identical twin of the recipient, who suffered from chronic renal failure. In 1963, T. Starzl in Denver (USA) pioneered clinical liver transplantation, but real success was not achieved until 1967.

Corneal Transplantation: Procedure and Prognosis

The most common indications for corneal transplantation are bullous keratopathy (pseudophakic, Fuchs endothelial dystrophy, aphakic), keratoconus, re-tissue transplantation, keratitis (viral, bacterial, fungal, Acanthamoeba, perforation) and stromal corneal dystrophies.

Tissue transplantation: types, procedure, prognosis

Skin allografts are used in patients with extensive burns and other conditions involving massive skin loss. Allografts are used to cover large damaged areas, thereby reducing tissue fluid and protein loss and preventing the development of invasive infections.

Small bowel transplantation: indications and prognosis

Small bowel transplantation is indicated for patients with malabsorption syndrome associated with bowel diseases (gastroschisis, Hirschsprung's disease, autoimmune enteritis) or bowel resection (mesenteric thromboembolism or advanced Crohn's disease)

Islet cell transplantation: procedure and prognosis

Pancreatic islet transplantation has theoretical advantages over whole-organ transplantation: the procedure is less invasive, and the islets can be cryopreserved, allowing for optimization of transplantation time.

Pancreas transplant: features

Pancreas transplantation is a form of pancreatic β-cell replacement that helps restore normal blood sugar levels – normoglycemia – in diabetics.

Lung transplantation: indications and process

Lung transplantation is a life-saving option for patients with respiratory failure who are at high risk of death despite optimal medical treatment.

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