Allograft Implants

Skin, bone and tissue is collected from humans and used as allograft material for other humans. Such material is used to treat the injured. When material is taken from another species, the transplant is called a xenograft. Transplants from genetically identical donors, such as an identical twin, are called isografts. Recently, some transplants were reported to be tissue that was stolen or infected. The FDA has had to closely monitor allograft transplants and recall some human tissue.

Human tissue can be stolen from the deceased in mortuaries and hospitals. Also, some human tissue isn’t properly tested, and is instead sold to unknowing hospitals and doctors. Reputable and law-abiding tissue banks distribute allograft tissue, but not before screening donors carefully. These medical screening include:

physical exam
comprehensive medical history
social risk review
results are compared with data from U.S. Public Health Service
tissue is held in quarantine until all medical and blood tests are completed

Allografts are performed for people with musculoskeletal problems and specifically for people who need orthopaedic surgery. Allografts are used in reconstructive surgery for the hips, knees and long bones. These bones are usually damaged because of trauma such as car accidents, falls and tumors. Nearly 36 million Americans live with musculoskeletal conditions that are chronic and permanent, and the cost to society exceeds $100 billion every year, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

If you or a loved one are victims of allograft tissue theft or if you received infected tissue, contact a personal injury attorney immediately to have your questions answered. You many be entitled to compensation. Recent cases include tissue being transplanted into a patient when the tissue is infected with AIDS, hepatitis or syphilis. Other cases involve patients who find out their tissue was stolen from someone else’s loved one moments before the person was buried. Also, if you received a tissue transplant or bone graft between October 2003 and September 2005, and especially if you developed an illness with no known origin, you may be the recipient of infected or stolen tissue. These are the dates between which the FDA was recalling massive amounts of tissue.

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Allograft Implants Skin, bone and tissue is collected from humans and used as allograft material for other humans. Such material is used to treat the injured. When material is taken from another species, the transplant is called a xenograft. Transplants from genetically identical donors, such as an identical twin, are called isografts. Recently, some transplants were reported to be tissue that was stolen or infected. The FDA has had to closely monitor allograft transplants and recall some human tissue. Human tissue can be stolen from the deceased in mortuaries and hospitals. Also, some human tissue isn’t properly tested, and is instead sold to unknowing hospitals and doctors. Reputable and law-abiding tissue banks distribute allograft tissue, but not before screening donors carefully. These medical screening include: physical exam comprehensive medical history social risk review results are compared with data from U.S. Public Health Service tissue is held in quarantine until all medical and blood tests are completed Allografts are performed for people with musculoskeletal problems and specifically for people who need orthopaedic surgery. Allografts are used in reconstructive surgery for the hips, knees and long bones. These bones are usually damaged because of trauma such as car accidents, falls and tumors. Nearly 36 million Americans live with musculoskeletal conditions that are chronic and permanent, and the cost to society exceeds $100 billion every year, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. If you or a loved one are victims of allograft tissue theft or if you received infected tissue, contact a personal injury attorney immediately to have your questions answered. You many be entitled to compensation. Recent cases include tissue being transplanted into a patient when the tissue is infected with AIDS, hepatitis or syphilis. Other cases involve patients who find out their tissue was stolen from someone else’s loved one moments before the person was buried. Also, if you received a tissue transplant or bone graft between October 2003 and September 2005, and especially if you developed an illness with no known origin, you may be the recipient of infected or stolen tissue. These are the dates between which the FDA was recalling massive amounts of tissue.