Organ Transplantation (Bone Marrow Transplantation, Liver Transplantation)

Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which organs are transferred from a donor to a recipient to restore function to a patient whose organ function has been severely impaired by serious illness or accident. Donors are classified into two groups: cadavers and living organisms, and cadavers can be brain dead or in cardiac arrest. Most recipients are experiencing organ failure, and their life expectancies are short or their daily quality of life is significantly impaired. The development and advancement of immunosuppressive drugs have improved the outcome of organ transplantation. After transplantation, if patients take immunosuppressive drugs and are careful about rejection and infections, most of them can lead almost the same daily lives as healthy people.