Abstract
There is relatively little known about the demand for allograft tissues in Canada. The Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation (CCDT) is a national advisory body that undertook a comprehensive “market survey” to estimate surgical demand for human allograft tissues in Canada. The report “Demand for Human Allograft Tissue in Canada” reflects survey results sent to 5 prominent User Groups. User Groups were identified as orthopaedic surgeons; neurosurgeons; corneal transplant surgeons; plastic surgeons, specifically those at Canadian Burn Units; and cardiac surgeons (adult and paediatric surgery). The demand for allograft grafts was determined and then extrapolated across the total User Group and then increases in allograft tissue use over the next 1–2 years across User Groups were predicted. The overall response rate for the survey was 21.4%. It varied from a low of 19.6% for the orthopaedic survey to a high of 40.5% for the corneal survey. The estimated current demand for allograft tissue in Canada ranges from a low of 34,442 grafts per year to a high of 62,098 grafts per year. The predicted increase in use of allograft tissue over the next 1–2 year period would suggest that annual demand could rise to somewhere in the range of 42,589–72,210 grafts. The highest rated preferences (98% and 94%) were for accredited and Canadian tissue banks, respectively. This study represents a key step in addressing the paucity of information concerning the demand for allograft tissue in Canada.
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Abbreviations
- ABA:
-
American Burn Association
- ABAA:
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The Eye Bank Association of American
- BMPs:
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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
- CCDT:
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Council for Donation and Transplantation
- CIHI:
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Canadian Institute for Health Information
- CJRR:
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Canadian Joint Replacement Register
- CORR:
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Canadian Organ Retrieval Registry
- DLEK:
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Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty
- PK:
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Penetrating Keratoplasty
- PVS:
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Pubovaginal Sling Procedure
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The authors would like to acknowledge the significant support and assistance received during the planning, implementation and completion of this study. In particular, we would like to express our appreciation to the hospital tissue bank specialists who responded to surveys as part of this study. These specialists included orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, ophthalmologists, plastic surgeons and Canadian Burn Unit representatives. Through their time and effort, these individuals have made a major contribution. Finally, the author wishes to acknowledge the CCDT and the Tissue Bank Committee.
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Lakey, J.R.T., Mirbolooki, M., Rogers, C. et al. Demand for human allograft tissue in Canada. Cell Tissue Banking 8, 31–42 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-006-9003-2
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