Nontransplant
Nontransplant is a term used in medicine to describe strategies, decisions, and pathways that do not involve organ or tissue transplantation. It encompasses treatments intended to preserve native organ function, manage symptoms, or sustain life without transplant, as well as patient choices to decline or defer transplantation. In clinical practice, nontransplant options may be chosen when transplant risk is high, donor availability is limited, or a patient prefers nonoperative management.
In organ-specific contexts, nontransplant approaches include kidney disease managed with dialysis or conservative care, aiming to
Ethical and policy considerations cover informed consent, prognosis, comorbidities, and quality of life, as well as
Research in nontransplant aims includes disease-modifying treatments, regenerative approaches, and improvements in supportive care to reduce