Is Retrieval of Bone Material From Multiorgan Donors Effective Enough to Cover Demand for Biostatic Bone Tissue Grafts in Poland?

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 297 - 300
• Main Authors: Bohatyrewicz, A., Bohatyrewicz, R., Dobiecki, K., Kotrych, D., Kamiński, A., Zienkiewicz, M., Ziętek, P., Dziedzic-Gocławska, A.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2006; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Bone and Bones; Bone Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Medical sciences; Poland; Registries; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Tissue and Organ Harvesting - methods; Tissue and Organ Harvesting - statistics & numerical data; Tissue and Organ Procurement - methods; Tissue and Organ Procurement - statistics & numerical data; Tissue, organ and graft immunology; Transplantation, Homologous; Poland; Europe; Demand; Human; Multiple; Bone graft; Materials; Transplantation; Osteoarticular system; Medicine; Tissue; Treatment; Donor; Efficiency; Surgery; Bone
• ISSN: 0041-1345; 1873-2623
• DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.11.075

In Poland there is growing demand for biostatic allogeneic bone transplantation mostly for traumatologic operations and orthopedic reconstructions. The bone material is primarily harvested during postmortem examinations in forensic and pathology laboratories. Nevertheless, the collected amounts are not sufficient, so that material needs to be acquired from alternative sources, such as multiorgan donors. Between 1998 and 2003, 2331 potential donors were registered by the Transplantation Coordinating Center in Warsaw, which was adjusted to 1794 donors who would have been accepted as donors of the bone tissue. Unfortunately, due to denials from family members and public prosecutors, the sample was only 1416 donors, which would cover about 40% of the clinical orthopedic demand in Poland.