Tissue and Organ Procurement

"Tissue and Organ Procurement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The administrative procedures involved with acquiring TISSUES or organs for TRANSPLANTATION through various programs, systems, or organizations. These procedures include obtaining consent from TISSUE DONORS and arranging for transportation of donated tissues and organs, after TISSUE HARVESTING, to HOSPITALS for processing and transplantation.

Descriptor ID	D009927
MeSH Number(s)	N02.421.911
Concept/Terms	Tissue and Organ Procurement Tissue and Organ Procurement Tissue Procurement Tissue Procurement Tissue Procurements Required Organ Donation Request Required Organ Donation Request Required Request Required Requests Organ Donation Organ Donation Organ Donations Organ Procurement Organ Procurement Organ Procurements Organ Procurement Systems Organ Procurement Systems Organ Procurement System Tissue Donation Tissue Donation Tissue Donations Donor Cards Donor Cards Card, Donor Cards, Donor Donor Card

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Tissue and Organ Procurement".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Tissue and Organ Procurement [N02.421.911]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Tissue and Organ Procurement".

Tissue and Organ Procurement
Directed Tissue Donation
Donor Selection

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Bar chart showing 37 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2010 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	0	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	1	2
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	2	1	3
2011	0	2	2
2012	1	1	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	1	2
2016	2	0	2
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	2	3
2020	0	1	1
2021	2	0	2
2022	1	0	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1
2025	0	1	1
2026	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Tissue and Organ Procurement" by people in Profiles.

Carpenter D, Smith M, Buzzerd R, Breslin AW. Organ Donation Support Team: The Nurse Practitioner's Role. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2026 Sep 15; 37(3):332-339.

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Mbagwu SI, Nnaka JA, Ibeabuchi KC, Ezeike VU, Suleiman MO, Gbadegesin OS, Okafor IA. Sacred choices and willing hearts: exploring spiritual beliefs in body donation - a cross-sectional study of Nigerian medical and allied health students. BMC Med Ethics. 2026 Jun 27; 27(1).

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Zoni CR, Dean M, Copeland LA, Sai Sudhakar CB, Ravi Y. Regional disparities in heart transplant mortality in the USA. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2025 03 03; 11(2):166-173.

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Kaplan A, Winters A, Klarman S, Kriss M, Hughes D, Sharma P, Asrani S, Hutchison A, Myoung P, Zaman A, Butler L, Pomposelli J, Gordon F, Duarte-Rojo A, Devuni D, Fortune B. The rising cost of liver transplantation in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2025 Sep 01; 31(9):1165-1175.

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Kanneganti M, Byhoff E, Serper M, Olthoff KM, Bittermann T. Neighborhood-level social determinants of health measures independently predict receipt of living donor liver transplantation in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2024 06 01; 30(6):618-627.

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Kling CE, Biggins SW, Bambha KM, Feld LD, Perkins JH, Reyes JD, Perkins JD. Association of Body Surface Area With Access to Deceased Donor Liver Transplant and Novel Allocation Policies. JAMA Surg. 2023 06 01; 158(6):610-616.

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Kulkarni S, Glazier A, Lipkowitz G, Fynn-Tompson F, Woolley AE, Delmonico FL. A collaborative stewardship of OPOs and transplant centers to maintain equitable allocation when facilitating ex vivo organ preservation. Am J Transplant. 2022 11; 22(11):2710-2711.

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Bonaccorsi-Riani E, Gillooly AR, Iesari S, Brüggenwirth IMA, Ferguson CM, Komuta M, Xhema D, Daumerie A, Maistriaux L, Leuvenink H, Kupiec-Weglinski J, Porte RJ, Khvorova A, Cave DR, Gianello P, Martins PN. Delivering siRNA Compounds During HOPE to Modulate Organ Function: A Proof-of-concept Study in a Rat Liver Transplant Model. Transplantation. 2022 08 01; 106(8):1565-1576.

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Boteon YL, Hessheimer AJ, Brüggenwirth IMA, Boteon APCS, Padilla M, de Meijer VE, Domínguez-Gil B, Porte RJ, Perera MTPR, Martins PN. The economic impact of machine perfusion technology in liver transplantation. Artif Organs. 2022 Feb; 46(2):191-200.

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Theodoropoulos NM, Greenwald MA, Chin-Hong P, Ison MG. Testing deceased organ donors for infections: An organ procurement organization survey. Am J Transplant. 2021 05; 21(5):1924-1930.

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