Current and Future Developments in Surgery

Author(s): Karen Kennedy and Charles Alexander

DOI: 10.2174/9781681087566118030004

The Organ Allocation System

Pp: 4-23 (20)

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Current and Future Developments in Surgery

Volume: 3

The Organ Allocation System

Author(s): Karen Kennedy and Charles Alexander

Pp: 4-23 (20)

DOI: 10.2174/9781681087566118030004

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

The following chapters give a succinct reference about how the system is set up, including how organs are listed and allocated and then distributed, for a reader like a resident or fellow trying to understand how organs go from donor to implanted organs, as well as the role of the OPO and what governs your efforts and success.


Keywords: Organ Allocation, OPO, Organ Distribution.

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