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Heterotopic Transplant

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The surgery itself for the organ transplant is very important and it is critical that everything goes according to plan. The surgery itself takes about 3 hours. The patient is given anesthesia which helps the patient relax, control the pain, help keep a healthy heart flow, and control breathing. In a organ transplantation surgery, there are two different types of transplant. There is a heterotopic transplant and an orthotopic transplant. There is a major difference between these two types of transplants. In an heterotopic transplant, the donated organ is placed in a different location and not in the same location as the organ that's being replaced. Kidney transplants are often performed in the heterotopic method. In this case, the donated kidney …show more content…

Transmission of West Nile virus through organ transplantation was suspected. We identified West Nile virus infection in the organ donor and in all four organ recipients. Encephalitis developed in three of the organ recipients, and febrile illness developed in one. Three recipients became seropositive for West Nile virus IgM antibody.” (Iwamoto, 7). In this case, a more serious type of disease called the West Nile Virus spread from the organ donor to the organ recipients through an organ transplantation. Although this was a rare cause, it shows the potential of transmitting diseases and the potential dangers of an organ transplant. In another rare case, an organ donor transmitted rabies to their recipients. “This report documenting the transmission of rabies virus from an organ donor to multiple recipients underscores the challenges of preventing and detecting transmission of unusual pathogens through transplantation.” (Srinivasan, 11). And in this case, the disease was so serious that the recipients who got the rabies virus actually ended up dying. This goes to show that although it is rare, it still has the chance of happening and it can be life

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