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== Organs and tissues transplanted == {{Main|Transplantable organs and tissues}} === Eye === * Eyeball (First successful transplantation of a non-functional eye was performed in 2024)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nowogrodzki |first1=Julian |date=9 September 2024 |title=World's first whole-eye transplant: the innovations that made it possible |journal=Nature |volume=633 |issue=8030 |pages=500β501 |bibcode=2024Natur.633..500N |doi=10.1038/d41586-024-02906-4 |pmid=39251795}}</ref> === Chest === * [[Heart transplantation|Heart]] (deceased-donor only; porcine xenograft attempted) * [[Lung transplantation|Lung]] (deceased-donor and living-related lung transplantation) * [[Thymus transplantation|Thymus]] * [[Pulmonary Artery]]: First succesfull main pulmonary artery transplantation to extend Thymus cancer treatment possibility was performed in Switzerland at Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale in 2023 <ref>Cafarotti, S., Torre, T. M., Patella, M., & Demertzis, S. (2023). *Resection of thymic carcinoma after induction therapy and reconstruction of right ventricular outflow tract with pulmonary homograft*. *European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 63*https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezad069</ref><ref>Ambrogi, M. C., Aprile, V., & Lucchi, M. (2023). *Surgery for advanced thymic malignancies: how far can we push the limit?* *European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 63*(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezad127</ref> ===Abdomen=== * [[Kidney transplantation|Kidney]] (deceased-donor and living-donor; porcine xenograft attempted) * [[Liver transplantation|Liver]] (deceased-donor, which enables donation of a whole liver; and living-donor, where each donor can provide up to 70% of a liver) * [[Pancreas transplantation|Pancreas]] (deceased-donor only; a very severe type of diabetes ensues if a live person's entire pancreas is removed) * [[Intestine transplantation|Intestine]] (deceased-donor and living-donor; normally refers to the small intestine) * [[Stomach]] (deceased-donor only) * [[Uterus]] (deceased-donor only)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Aimee |date=2018-12-04 |title=In a first, a woman with a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor gives birth |url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-woman-uterus-transplanted-deceased-donor-gives-birth |access-date=2018-12-05 |website=Science News}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ejzenberg |first1=Dani |last2=Andraus |first2=Wellington |last3=Baratelli Carelli Mendes |first3=Luana Regina |last4=Ducatti |first4=Liliana |last5=Song |first5=Alice |last6=Tanigawa |first6=Ryan |last7=Rocha-Santos |first7=Vinicius |last8=Macedo Arantes |first8=Rubens |last9=Soares |first9=JosΓ© Maria |last10=Serafini |first10=Paulo Cesar |last11=Bertocco de Paiva Haddad |first11=Luciana |last12=Pulcinelli Francisco |first12=Rossana |last13=Carneiro D'Albuquerque |first13=Luiz Augusto |last14=Chada Baracat |first14=Edmund |date=December 2018 |title=Livebirth after uterus transplantation from a deceased donor in a recipient with uterine infertility |journal=The Lancet |volume=392 |issue=10165 |pages=2697β2704 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31766-5 |pmid=30527853}}</ref> * [[Testicle|Testis]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Connor |first=Steve |date=24 September 1999 |title=Doctors plan first testicle transplant |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/doctors-plan-first-testicle-transplant-742015.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/doctors-plan-first-testicle-transplant-742015.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |access-date=17 April 2013 |newspaper=The Independent |location=London}}</ref> (deceased-donor and living-donor) * [[Penis transplantation|Penis]] (deceased-donor only) === Tissues, cells and fluids === * [[Hand transplantation|Hand]] (deceased-donor only), see first recipient [[Clint Hallam]] * [[Cornea transplant|Cornea]] (deceased-donor only) see the [[ophthalmologist]] [[Eduard Zirm]] * [[Skin graft|Skin]], including [[Face transplant#Face replant|face replant]] (autograft) and [[face transplant]] (extremely rare) * [[Islets of Langerhans]] (pancreas islet cells) (deceased-donor and living-donor) * [[Bone marrow transplant|Bone marrow]] or adult [[stem cell]] (living-donor and autograft) * [[Blood transfusion]], whole blood or fractionated [[blood product]]s (living-donor and autograft) * [[Blood vessels]] (autograft and deceased-donor) * [[Heart valve]] (deceased-donor, living-donor and xenograft [porcine/[[cow|bovine]]]) * [[Bone transplant|Bone]] (deceased-donor and living-donor)
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