Transplantation review: Liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation

Abstract

The source of graft for organ transplants come from either living donors as may be in the kidney, liver, and rarely, in pancreas transplants or from brain dead donors called donation after brain death (DBD). In case of heart and lung transplants, graft always comes from DBD donors. In Western world, majority of transplants are carried out using DBD donors. In India, due to the scarcity of DBD donors, majority of transplants are carried out using living donor grafts.