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Hi, my name is Oliver and I’m here to talk to you about organ transplants. Imagine having no donor, no hope, and worst of all saying goodbye to your family and friends. Well, that’s where xenotransplantation, organogenesis, and tissue engineering come in. These new technologies were created to make the daily death rate drop and lower the donor pool. Now in 2022, only 17 people die each day instead of 22. This might seem like a small amount but this is just the beginning. My main inquiry question is what technology is used for organ transplants and what’s being done to improve that technology? Today you will be learning about how technology for organ transplants changed over time. What kind of technical protection do the donor and the recipient receive? Why does the Da Vinci robot do the transplant and not humans? What makes it better? How do people feel about the Da Vinci robot doing the transplant instead of humans? And last but not least what is being done to improve technology for organ transplantation?
Have you ever wondered if the technology for organ donation changed over the years? Well, they have changed a lot. Xenotransplantation, organogenesis, and tissue engineering are the main new types of organ transplantation. Xenotransplantation is when doctors get an animal donor to transplant an organ for a human recipient. They will take a pig kidney for example and take out the chemicals that could be dangerous for humans to have inside their bodies. After they do that they put the pig kidney into the human body. Organogenesis is when doctors use Stem Cells to make a kidney. This would mean that there would not have to be a donor. Which would decrease the donor pool because now donors won’t have to give a kidney. That would be safer for the donor’s health. They can do this because of the Stem Cell’s ability to turn into embryos. Tissue engineering is biomedical engineering that aims to restore, maintain, improve, or replace different types of biological tissues. This was created in the hopes to improve medicine. This uses a combination of cells, engineering materials, and suitable biochemical factors. Since our body doesn’t make good tissues lots of people have to get tissue engineering for their tissues.
The donors and the recipients get a lot of medical attention to make sure everything goes well. But most of the time donors and recipients have problems economically. Some of the problems they have economically are about insurance companies. are charging a lot higher premiums and or refusing to give them coverage of the transplant. Those problems make it almost impossible to donate an organ. The medical protection they get takes a bit of time. They have to get interviewed to make sure they know what’s going to happen and to make sure they are not crazy. If people have a blood disorder they can still donate a kidney but they just need a lot more testing and attention to make sure the transplant won’t hurt their health. There are 5 people on a transplant team. There’s a surgeon who uses the Da Vinci robot. Then there’s a surgeon that stands by the donor making sure everything is okay. A doctor who does the anesthesia to make sure the patient is asleep and can’t feel pain. Lastly, two doctors get instruments and supplies when needed.
How would you feel about having a robot do the transplant and not humans? Well, most people like the idea of having a robot do the transplant and not humans. At first, I questioned the information thinking about what would I want. At first, I wanted the human because I thought technology is not developed enough to use robots on something that can cost you your life. But the more I thought about it and the more research I did I came to the conclusion that I would prefer the robot because of all the advantages.
Why do robots do the transplant and not humans? What makes the robot better? Well, because they don’t get tired and won’t sneeze. Sneezing might not seem bad but what if the surgeon sneezes and his hand with the tool in it moves to a different part of the body and cuts it now you could die. Also, the robot lets doctors see better inside humans and not make as big a hole in the person’s body which then has a lower risk for infection. The Da Vinci robotic surgical system helps by not losing as much blood, making a better and faster recovery. One of the best parts about the Da Vinci surgical system is that it can give people less pain. Now studies show that robots are making the transplant process better from 94% to 100%.
Have you ever wondered how many organs can be transplanted? Well, the main organs that can be transplanted are, Heart transplants, Lung transplants, Kidney transplants, Liver transplants, and the Pancreas transplants. Thanks to new experiments now the hand and the face can be transplanted. A new technology that hopes to do this is bioprinting. Professionals say this could be the future of organ transplantation. But bioprinting still has a long way to go to do that. Scientists are trying to make 3-D working organs with bioprinting. Bioprinting is like printing a 3-D object from your 3-D printer at home. Immunosuppression! Immunosuppression is a disease that weakens your immune system. You can get immunosuppression from an unmatched donor. Then you have to take medicine for the rest of your life to make sure other organs in your body don’t fight your new organ. If you don’t take the medicine you could need an organ every 10 to 12 years if you’re lucky. This is a big stress because this could save lives and lots of money. Doctors are finding new ways to make the transplants faster so the donor and the recipient can have less pain and faster recovery.
Overall I learned a ton of stuff from organ transplants. The most interesting fact I learned is the new technologies scientists and doctors are trying to create to help people get the organs they need. I learned a lot from organ transplants and I hope you do too. For more information and where to donate organs please go to the links below. Be a lifesaver, be an organ donor.
Organ Donation and Transplantation: How it works
https://my.clevelandclinic.org › health › articles › 1175…
Sign Up To Be An Organ Donor | organdonor.gov
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