LITERARY REVIEW OF ORGANS AND TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION: A Look at Bone Marrow Transplantation

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593212328037

• Palavras-chave: Transplants; Donor; Receiver; Relatives; living donor; Dead donor; Probability; Stem cells; Organ donation; donor bank.

• Keywords: Transplants; Donor; Receiver; Relatives; living donor; Dead donor; Probability; Stem cells; Organ donation; donor bank.

• Abstract:

  Despite the growing number of people registered for bone marrow transplantation in Brazil, it is still low, so the probability of a patient who needs a transplant finding a compatible marrow is one in a hundred thousand. This organ transplantation process is a surgical procedure that is understood by the removal of an organ, be it (Heart, Lung, Liver, Pancreas, Kidneys, Corneas, Tissues, Bones and Bone Marrow), be it from a living or dead donor (REDOME, 2020).

  Bone marrow transplantation is a type of treatment proposed for some diseases that affect blood cells, such as leukemias and lymphomas. It consists of replacing a sick or deficient bone marrow with normal bone marrow cells, with the aim of reconstituting a new healthy marrow (REDOME, 2020).

  It is in the bone marrow that the hematopoietic stem cells are located, being responsible for the generation of all blood (red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets). In bone marrow transplantation these cells are replaced (REDOME, 2020).