| abstract | - Patients who donate their organs are called organ donors; patients who receive the donor organs are called organ recipients. With the exception of those who donate a portion of a liver or a single kidney, most organ donors are brain-dead. Transplant patients often have to wait months or even years for a transplant to come their way by putting their name on a list. In Grey's Anatomy, the fictionalized version of real-life organization U.N.O.S. coordinates transplant patients and donors. Transplant surgery, given the specific organs harvested, encompasses aspects of general surgery, pediatric surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, urology, ENT, and/or ophthalmology
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