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  2. Organ transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The donor and recipient may be at the same location, or organs may be transported from a donor site to another location.

  3. Kidney transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD). Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantation depending on the source of the donor organ.

  4. Transplant - Wikipedia

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    Transplant thought experiment, an experiment similar to Trolley problem Transplant experiment , where an organism is moved from one location to another Ectopic endometrial implantation as part of the theory of retrograde menstruation in endometriosis

  5. Tissue transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Tissue transplantation is a surgical procedure involving the removal of tissue from a donor site or the creation of new tissue, followed by tissue transfer to the recipient site. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The aim of tissue transplantation is to repair or replace tissues that are missing, damaged, or diseased, thereby improving patients' survival ...

  6. Heart transplantation - Wikipedia

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    A beating heart awaiting transplant. American medical researcher Simon Flexner was one of the first people to mention the possibility of heart transplantation. In 1907, he wrote the paper "Tendencies in Pathology," in which he said that it would be possible one day by surgery to replace diseased human organs – including arteries, stomach, kidneys and heart.

  7. Liver transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person . Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure , although availability of donor organs is a major limitation.

  8. Allotransplantation - Wikipedia

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    The transplant is called an allograft, allogeneic transplant, or homograft. Most human tissue and organ transplants are allografts. It is contrasted with autotransplantation (from one part of the body to another in the same person), syngenic transplantation of isografts (grafts transplanted between two genetically identical individuals) and ...

  9. Transplanting - Wikipedia

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    Transplanting an olive tree in Greece Pongamia pinnata Tree transplantation in Feliz Homes Kottakkal Malappuram dt Kerala India.. In agriculture and gardening, transplanting or replanting is the technique of moving a plant from one location to another.