This is why it is important to discuss your wish to be a tissue donor with your family and also sign a donor card. Donating involves a surgical procedure that will not disfigure the body or delay funeral arrangements. Skin is used for burn patients as a temporary dressing. It alleviates pain, controls infection, and increases mobility. Ligaments and tendons are used to reconstruct patients with torn or damaged ligaments.
Heart valves replace damaged valves in infants and adults with heart valve defects.
Veins are used in bypass surgery to replace damaged coronary arteries or veins in the lower extremities.