Increasing Donation Opportunities for Vascularized Composite Allografts
| Autor: | Katrina Andrea Bramstedt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Tissue and Organ Procurement 030230 surgery Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Opt-out 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Procurement Tissue Donation medicine Humans Registries Vascularized Composite Allografts Mexico Transplantation business.industry Tissue Donors Surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Donation Female Web content Composite Tissue Allografts business Donor registration |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central |
| ISSN: | 2164-6708 1526-9248 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1526924816664080 |
| Popis: | There are 40 vascularized composite allotransplant programs across 5 continents served by 31 organ procurement organizations (or equivalent). The organizations’ websites inform about organ and tissue donation. This research explored worldwide educational efforts on vascularized composite allograft (VCAG) donation via their corporate websites as well as options within donor registries and donor card systems to indicate a VCAG donation preference. Of these, 13 (41.9%) of 31 had VCAG content and 7 (22.6%) of 31 offered a mechanism for individuals to voice a preference about VCAG donation through an opt in donor registry or card or an opt out registry. In North America, the only donor registration/card system that facilitated VCAG donation is in Mexico. The resistance to consent for VACG donation is likely due to poor public education and the personal nature of face, hand, uterus, and penile allografts. Efforts to reduce this resistance can begin with the assistance of website content, registries, and donor cards. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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