Department of Surgery
Division of Solid Organ Transplantation
Procedures
Liver Transplant Surgery
Deceased Donor Organ Procurement
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When a deceased donor organ becomes available, a team of surgeons and anesthesiologists removes it from the donor. Although the donor is brain dead, this procedure is treated like any other operation using standard surgical practices and sterile techniques. When the operation is complete and the incisions are closed, the donor's body is prepared for funeral or cremation. Organ procurement surgery respects the body and an open casket funeral is possible if desired.
Strong Health works with Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network (FLDRN), a not-for-profit organ procurement program.
About the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network
FLDRN is a hospital-based organ procurement program that facilitates the donation and transplantation of organs and tissue in New York State's Finger Lakes, Central and Upstate regions. In addition to organ procurement, FLDRN also offers bereavement and counseling services for families.
For more information, visit their Web site at www.donorrecovery.org/
Would You Like to Become an Organ or Tissue Donor?
Making the decision to be an organ or tissue donor can be difficult. The decision makes us have to consider our own mortality. At the time of your death, your family will be offered the option of organ donation. If you'd like to be a donor, sign a donor card and talk to your family and friends about your wishes. It's an opportunity to give someone life.
You can register your intent to be an organ or tissue donor through the New York State Donor Registry.
Visit the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network to learn more about organ and tissue donation.