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Lungs
Organs of respiration

For patients with cystic fibrosis, emphysema, or other end-stage lung disease

Heart
Pumps blood to all body systems

For patients with end-stage heart disease

Liver
Instrumental in energy regulation, makes proteins, removes wastes from the blood

For patients with end-stage liver disease

Kidneys
Extracts waste from the blood; produces important hormones

Eliminates need for dialysis

Pancreas
Secretes enzymes necessary for digestion, secretes insulin which regulates blood sugar

For treating diabetes by eliminating the need for insulin injections, reduces risk of losing sight or limb

Intestine (small)
Portion of digestive tract important for absorption of nutrients

Treats patients with digestive and absorption disorders (most commonly young children)

Corneas
Allows light to enter the eye

Restores sight to the blind

Heart valves
Controls flow of blood in the heart by opening and closing with each heartbeat

Used to reconstruct the poorly formed heart valves in children, or the diseased valve in adults

Skin
Protects the body against dehydration, injury and infection

Used as a temporary covering for burn patients, decreases pain, infection, scarring, heat loss and fluid loss.

Bone
Supports the body, protects vital organs

Used in facial reconstruction, limb salvage, correction of birth defects, cancer treatments, spinal and oral surgery

Saphenous veins
Longest vein in the leg, which carries blood from the leg back to the heart

Used in patients to bypass obstructions in the heart, or to reconstruct blocked or damaged vessels of the leg

Cartilage
Connective tissue that serves as skeletal tissue in some parts of the body, e.g. nose and outer ear

Facial and other cartilage reconstruction

Ligaments
Tough fibrous connective tissue that provides support and stability to the body's joints

Repair damaged tissues caused by accident or degenerative disease