Tissue and Organ Procurement
"Tissue and Organ Procurement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.911
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| Concept/Terms |
Donor Cards- Donor Cards
- Card, Donor
- Cards, Donor
- Donor Card
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tissue and Organ Procurement" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tissue and Organ Procurement" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2018 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2020 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2022 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 2023 | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 2024 | 21 | 9 | 30 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tissue and Organ Procurement" by people in Profiles.
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The association of place-based disadvantage and access to deceased donor heart transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2026 Feb; 26(2):393-403.
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Association of the 2018 U.S. Heart Allocation Policy Change and the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 Jul; 13(7):102480.
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Combined liver with other solid organ transplants: Promises, pitfalls and ethical dilemmas. J Hepatol. 2025 Oct; 83(4):982-988.
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The Ethics of Heart Donation After the Circulatory Determination of Death: Gaps in Knowledge and Research Opportunities. Bioethics. 2025 Sep; 39(7):673-682.
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Out-of-Sequence Allocation in Liver Transplantation: A Poorly Used Tool to Improve Organ Utilization. Ann Surg. 2026 Apr 01; 283(4):548-556.
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Effectiveness of a Mobile Health System on Compliance With 2-Year Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up in the United States. Clin Transplant. 2025 Apr; 39(4):e70139.
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Ethical and legal considerations in normothermic regional perfusion for donation after circulatory death. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2025 Jun 01; 31(3):285-290.
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No Vaccine, No Organ? Ethics of Vaccine Mandates for Pediatric Transplant. Pediatr Transplant. 2025 Feb; 29(1):e70019.
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Outcomes of pediatric candidates for liver retransplantation in the modern era: Strategies are needed to avoid waitlist mortality in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2025 Aug 01; 31(8):1031-1041.
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Tailoring Kidney Transplant Strategies: Unraveling the Impact of Acute Kidney Injury and Preservation Methods Across Different Strata of Kidney Risk. Clin Transplant. 2025 Jan; 39(1):e70078.