Tissue Donation
Although less widely publicized than organ transplants, procedures using donated human tissue affects over a million people in the United States each year. Tissue can be donated upon one’s death to others in medical need. Tissue donation is an option for most individuals.
Although less widely publicized than organ transplants, procedures using donated human tissue affects over a million people in the United States each year. Tissue can be donated upon one’s death to others in medical need. Tissue donation is an option for most individuals.
To learn more about tissue donation, please visit www.NJSharingNetwork.org.
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Donated Tissue
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Applications
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Recipient
Benefits
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Cartilage
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Repairs facial
deformity and resurfaces knee joint |
Restores appearance,
mobility & decreases
pain
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Femur
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Spinal fusion,
reconstruction related
to trauma, tumors,
disease & fractures, fill
defects
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Prevents amputation &
collapse of bone,
restores mobility,
decreases pain
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Tendon
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Replace ACL & PCL
tendons, ACL
reconstruction
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Restores mobility
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Skin
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Grafts for burn victims,
incontinence & facial
reconstruction
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Promotes healing,
reduces scarring, treats
incontinence
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Humerus
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Spinal fusion,
reconstruction related
to trauma, tumors,
disease & fractures,
total hip revision
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Prevents amputation &
collapse of bone,
restores mobility,
reduces pain,
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Heart Valve
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Replaces damaged
heart valves
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Allows a child to grow
into graft
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Eye
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Repairs eyelid,
reinforces wall of eye,
replaces diseased or
damaged cornea
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Prevents blindness,
restores vision
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Tissue Donation Facts:
One tissue donor can enhance the lives of 50 or more people.
Statewide in 2011, there were 250 bone donors, 254 skin donors and 655 cornea donors, which resulted in
thousands of lives enhanced.
Tens of thousands are in need of donated corneas to restore sight, bone and other tissue to repair injured or diseased bones/joints, skin to heal burns, and heart valves to replace diseased valves.
One tissue donor can enhance the lives of 50 or more people.
Statewide in 2011, there were 250 bone donors, 254 skin donors and 655 cornea donors, which resulted in
thousands of lives enhanced.
Tens of thousands are in need of donated corneas to restore sight, bone and other tissue to repair injured or diseased bones/joints, skin to heal burns, and heart valves to replace diseased valves.
NJ Sharing Network is a non-profit, federally-certified, state-approved organ procurement organization responsible for the recovery
of organs and tissue for the 5,000 New Jersey residents currently awaiting transplantation, and is part of the national recovery system,
which is in place for the over 115,000 people on waiting lists.
source http://www.njsharingnetwork.org/document.doc?id=179
source http://www.njsharingnetwork.org/document.doc?id=179
