Allogeneic transplantation
Using cells or tissue taken from another person.
Glossary
Understand the terms.
Terms often heard at appointments, in alphabetical order.
Autogenic transplantation
Moving a patient's own tissue to another place in the same body. It is outside the scope of Law No. ZRU-768 (Article 1).
Autologous transplantation
Using the patient's own cells or tissue.
State registry
The law requires a single state registry of donors, recipients, and organs and tissues (Article 19).
Dialysis
A way to clean waste, extra salt, and fluid from the blood outside the body when the kidneys cannot remove them. It may be needed for a short time if the new kidney does not start working right away.
Donor
A person who gives an organ or tissue for transplantation.
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
A condition in which the donor's white blood cells attack the patient's cells and may harm the skin, liver, gut, and other organs.
HLA
A set of protein markers on most cells, different for each person. The more HLA markers the donor and the patient share, the more likely the stem cells are to be accepted.
Immunosuppression
Lowering the response of the immune system. It is used in treatment to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
Liver failure
A condition in which the liver stops working properly. In some cases, a liver transplant can save a life.
Cord blood
Blood collected when a baby is born. The stem cells in it can also be used in transplantation.
Medical panel (consilium)
A group of specialists who assess a medical condition together.
Waiting list
A list where patients without a living donor are registered to wait for an organ. The wait can last from several months to years. Age, place of residence, and blood group affect it.
Notarized consent
Under Law No. ZRU-768, a living donor gives voluntary, unpaid written consent, certified by a notary, to the removal of an organ or tissue (Articles 3 and 12).
Peripheral blood stem cells
Most blood-forming stem cells used in transplantation are taken from the bloodstream.
Crossmatch
A procedure in which the transplant team tests the donor's blood against the patient's blood to try to predict in advance whether the patient's immune system will accept the new organ.
Blood group compatibility
How well the blood groups of the donor and the patient match. Blood group is one of the factors that affect the waiting time.
Rejection
The immune system's response against a transplanted organ. Sometimes it can start without symptoms.
Anti-rejection medicines
Medicines (immunosuppressants) given so that the immune system does not attack the transplanted organ as foreign. The doctor decides how to take them.
Rehabilitation
Recovery and follow-up after transplantation. The recipient has the right to rehabilitation (Article 18).
Recipient's consent
Transplantation is carried out with the written consent of the recipient (Article 10).
Recipient
A person who receives a transplanted organ or tissue.
Ban on selling
Buying and selling organs and tissues for transplantation, and taking them out of the territory of Uzbekistan, are prohibited (Article 15).
Bone marrow transplantation
This is the name used when blood-forming stem cells are taken from the bone marrow (English abbreviation: BMT).
Living donor
A person who gives part of an organ or tissue to a patient during their lifetime.
Transplantation
The practice of moving an organ or tissue from one person to another.
Evaluation at a transplant center
Tests done to find out whether a candidate is suitable for transplantation. Physical and mental health are assessed.
Deceased donor
A person who has recently died and whose organ is given for transplantation. The difference from a living donor is that the organ is taken after death.
Authorized institution
A medical institution that has been given the right to perform transplantation by an official decision. Being on the list does not confirm that it is actively performing transplants.
Video recording
The law requires that the transplantation process and the warning given to the donor be recorded on video. The recording is a medical secret (Article 13).
Stem cell
Cells that produce blood cells. In some treatment programs they are given to restore blood formation.
Cornea
The clear front part of the eye. If it is damaged, replacing it with donor tissue is considered in some cases.
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