Editing Organ transplantation (section)

=== Autograft ===
{{Main|Autotransplantation}}

Autografts are the transplant of tissue to the same person. Sometimes this is done with surplus tissue, tissue that can regenerate, or tissues more desperately needed elsewhere (examples include skin grafts, vein extraction for <span class="acronym" title="coronary artery bypass graft">[[CABG]]</span>, etc.). Sometimes an autograft is done to remove the tissue and then treat it or the person before returning it<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Giedraitis A, Arnoczky SP, Bedi A |date=March 2014 |title=Allografts in Soft Tissue Reconstructive Procedures |journal=Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach |publisher=Sports Health |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=256–264 |doi=10.1177/1941738113503442 |pmc=4000469 |pmid=24790696}}</ref> (examples include [[Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation#Graft types|stem cell autograft]] and storing blood in advance of surgery). In a [[rotationplasty]], a [[Interphalangeal articulations of foot|distal joint]] is used to replace a more proximal one; typically a foot or ankle joint is used to replace a knee joint.  The person's foot is severed and reversed, the knee removed, and the [[tibia]] joined with the [[femur]].{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}