Donation Education

How Does Tissue Help Others?

Tissue donation has many benefits for recipients including repairing defects, reducing pain and promoting faster healing:

Bone
• Restores mobility
• Promotes healing
• Reduces pain
• Helps repair bones and prevent amputation


Heart Valves
• Replaces defective valves
• Improves heart function

Veins
• Restores blood flow
• Prevents amputation
• Used during bypass surgery

Skin
• Promotes healing
• Provides a natural barrier to infection for burn victims
• Helps with reconstruction procedures

Muscle Lining (fascia lata)
• Restores mobility for orthopedic patients
• Used for surgical repair of the bladder

Tendons
• Replaces damaged ligaments
• Restores joints and cartilage surfaces