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The New York Organ Donor Network, the
organ procurement organization serving the Greater
New York metropolitan area, is responsible for seeking consent for all tissues from the next of kin of deceased donors
in the region.
Once consent has been given, and the recovery of tissues has been completed, our Tissue Recovery Team
send recovered tissues to the tissue bank (the processor). The tissue bank places all recovered tissues into quarantine until the final medical evaluation and clearance by the Medical Director occurs. This clearance includes a confirmation that no infectious disease is present in the tissue and that the tissue is safe for transplantation.
How long can tissues be stored and still be used for transplantation? |
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Eyes and corneas are processed within five days and may be
transplanted by the sixth day. |
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Hearts may be transplanted for human heart valves. |
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Cardiovascular tissue and musculoskeletal tissue may be stored up
to five years in special deep freezers. |
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When a patient needs a tissue transplant, the patient's surgeon requests the
specific tissue from the tissue bank with specific shape and size needed.
For example, if a baby needs an aortic valve
transplant, the cardiac surgeon requests an aortic valve that matches the baby's heart, measured by
heart catheterization or x-ray. If a
patient needs bone replacement due to a tumor, the orthopedic surgeon will provide an x-ray to the tissue bank
and request a specific bone graft of a size that
matches the bone measured on the x-ray.
Tissue processing organizations send processed tissue grafts as a priority to the community where
tissue has been recovered. So it is important to increase the number of tissue donors in the Greater New York
metropolitan area, to be able to match the needs of thousands of tissue recipients from our community.
Click on Tissue Donation. |
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