Transplantationschirurgie#
Grafting, Surgical (transplantation surgery), the transplantation of cells, tissues or organs obtained from living or dead donors. Since the first successful heart transplant by C. Barnard in 1967, surgical grafting has been among those branches of medicine which have attracted the most public attention, and one which has taken a breathtaking development. In Austria, the medical schools of the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna have gained particular renown under R. Margreiter and E. Wolner. While Austria has not yet enacted comprehensive legislation governing grafting practice, the removal of organs from dead donors was regulated by law in 1972. P>
Literature#
F. Largiader, Organtransplantation, 1966; U. Strohmayer, Strafrechtliche Aspekte der Organtransplantation, 1988.