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Organ transplantation: what is it exactly?

A new liver, kidney or heart

When an organ is a non-or poorly functioning organ in someone replaced by the same body of someone else, a donor unfortunately, sometimes long waiting lists and such a body is not for everyone on time. Die each year about 140 people waiting for a donor organ. 

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A transplant can take place by means of a deceased (post-mortem) donor, or an organ from a living donor (for example, kidney or liver).

What organs?

Organs to be transplanted in the Netherlands, the kidney, the pancreas, the liver , the heart, lungs, and the small intestine. 

Tissues transplanted cornea (cornea), cardiovascular valves, bone and tendon tissues and skin. 

Transplants are performed in transplantation. These centers are located in teaching hospitals across the country. A patient who wants to come to an organ, considered by his or her doctor referred to a hospital where the possible transplantation. 

The doctor of the hospital transplant determines whether a person is eligible for a transplant. If this is the case, the physician to notify the patient of the waiting list in the Dutch Transplant Foundation (NTS). Current figures on the number of transplants and waiting lists can be found here .