title: [Artificial organs].
abstract: Research has been fighting against organ failure and shortage of donations by supplying artificial organs for many years. With the raise of new technologies, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, many organs can benefit of an artificial equivalent: thanks to retinal implants some blind people can visualize stimuli, an artificial heart can be proposed in case of cardiac failure while awaiting for a heart transplant, artificial larynx enables laryngectomy patients to an almost normal life, while the diabetic can get a glycemic self-regulation controlled by smartphones with an artificial device. Dialysis devices become portable, as well as the oxygenation systems for terminal respiratory failure. Bright prospects are being explored or might emerge in a near future. However, the retrospective assessment of putative side effects is not yet sufficient. Finally, the cost of these new devices is significant even if the advent of three dimensional printers may reduce it.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale, CHU de Strasbourg, 1, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Thibaut
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raguin
authors.affiliation: Service d'otorhinolaryngologie et chirurgie cervico-faciale, Institut Universitaire du Cancer, avenue Hubert Curien, 31100 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dupret-Bories
authors.affiliation: Service ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale, CHU de Strasbourg, 1, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Debry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001187:Artificial Organs / Q000639:trends; D005123:Eye / Q000637:transplantation; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D019397:Pancreas, Artificial; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends