Vascular composite allograft

Policy toolkits

• VCAs from living donors

Policy & guidance

• OPTN Policy 12: Allocation of vascularized composite allografts (VCA) (PDF - 3 MB) (2/2022)
• Evaluation plan guidance for policy 12 (PDF - 770 KB) (7/2021)
• Optimizing VCA recovery from deceased donors (PDF - 332 KB) (1/2024)
• Memo: Use of VCA Grafts to Reconstruct the Abdominal Wall (PDF - 152 KB) (1/2015)
• Guidance on VCAs from living donors (1/2015)
• VCA donor authorization guidance (1/2014)
• VCA deceased donor authorization (PDF - 196 KB) (1/2014)

Related articles

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