Fetal organ and xenograft transplantation.
The use of anencephalic fetuses and neonates as organ donors is technically feasible, and xenografts may be. Several ethical questions emerge, however, involving the appropriate use of such organs and what alterations, if any, in obstetric and neonatal management may be acceptable to increase the availability and likelihood of success of such organs.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hutzel Hospital-Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201.
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D037881:Aborted Fetus; D000757:Anencephaly; D032761:Animal Experimentation; D000818:Animals; D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005333:Fetus; D006085:Graft Survival; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D010215:Papio; D028723:Personhood; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous