ORGAN TRANSPLANT

Juul, Emma en Tijmen

• Contents

• Why are organs important for an organism?

• What is a organ transplant?
• Wich organs can be transplanted?
• Which people are being considerd for an organ transplant?
• What are the largest problems that organ transplant faces?
• What is Eurotransplant?
• By who, why and how was Eurotransplant started?
• Which countries participate in Eurotransplant?
• How does Eurotransplant work?
• What is the role of the Netherlands in Eurotransplant
• Why are organs important for an organism?

They help you live and keep you alive.

• What is a organ transplant?

Surgical removal of healthy organ into onother person.

Organ failed or was injured

• Wich organs can be transplanted?

Worldwide, the kidneys are the most commonly transplanted

organs, followed by the liver and then the heart.
• Which people are being considerd for an organ transplant?

Unhealthy of injured organs

Example:

Heart or kidneys failure

after having cancer.
• What are the largest problems that organ transplant faces?

Medical of social problems

Medical Immunesystem fight new organ.

Social: more transplantatians needed than there are donors

Social / medical: Special facilities needed such as a stoma or dialises.

• What is Eurotransplant?

Cooperating saves lives

Eurotransplant is a non-profit organization that facilitates patient-

oriented allocation and cross-border exchange of deceased donor
organs. Active for transplant centers and their associated tissue
typing laboratories and donor hospitals in eight countries,
Eurotransplant ensures an optimal use of donor organs.
• By who, why and how was Eurotransplant started?

HLA (Human Leucocyte Antigen) system plays an import role

in the outcome of renal transplantation.

Prof dr. Jon van Rood

Dutch scientist found
this evidence.

Same type antigen (match) is important by transplantations → difficult

→ starting twelve transplant centers (in twelve countries) to match

patient and donor.

scientific experiment soon became a foundation

• Which countries participate in Eurotransplant?

Netherlands
Nowadays eight countries work togehter. Germany
Austria

Hungary

Croatia

Belgium Luxembourg Slovenia

• How does Eurotransplant work?

Make a list with available organs and their characteristics

Find a donor who matches to a patient.

• What is the role of the Netherlands in Eurotransplant
• In what way is European cooperation important for Eurotransplant?

More people on the donor list. → increaed changes to find a match.

Making best use of available donor organs by matching each donor

organ as well as possible with its recipient.

all important patient characteristics in Eurotransplant's centrally-

administered database for those awaiting an organ transplant

Scientist working together

• What is the effect of Eurotransplant on organ donation?

More cooperation → More donations

More research → More matches → more transplantations

Telling succes stories → more donors → more transplantations.

• What is he aim of Eurotransplant for the future?

Find more matches voor kidney donors

Extending activities for other organs;

such as the heart, lungs, the liver, the intestine and the pancreas.

Not only deceased donors but living donors as well. (crossover programme)

More research More posible matches

• What is your opinion on the importance of organ donation
and the added value of Eurotransplant?

Saving lives by transplant an organ is important. For example your

father, mother, brother or sister.

There are to few suitable organs available.

Eurotransplant increases the changes for a match.

So we think Eurotransplant is doing a great job.