Ten years of tissue medicine: Symposium reveals future visions in Rostock

Ten years of tissue medicine: Symposium reveals future visions in Rostock

Anniversary event with foresight: On June 26, 2025, the tenth anniversary of the Society for Transplantation Medicine Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (GTM-V gGmbH) will be celebrated in the Hotel Radisson Blu in Rostock. Under the direction of Dr. Frank-Peter Nitschke , the executive doctor of the GTM-V, awaits the participants an exciting symposium that addresses the success of the last decade and the view of the future of tissue medicine.

The event could not be more relevant: The GTM-V has developed into one of the largest tissue removal facilities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since February 15, 2015. Last year Impressive more than 1,100 tissue donations were recorded - a remarkable increase in the 50 in the founding year. Forecasts for 2025 even indicate around 1,400 tissue donations, which shows that the willingness to donate organ continues to grow.

important milestones and challenges

The GTM-V has taken over 16,000 eye horn skins, more than 25,000 musculoskeletal and over 550 cardiovascular tissue preparations. There are currently over 6,800 reports of potential donors for 2025. Despite these positive developments, challenges remain. Many patients have long been waiting for a tissue transplant in the inside, because around 10,000 people are currently on waiting lists. However, the success rate of over 95 percent in the inquiries about suitable transplants shows that there is a good hand for the correct care.

The planned extensions of the GTM-V, including the integration of tissue donations such as placenta tissue after Caesarean section, could significantly improve the current situation. The symposium presented reviews and clinical experiences, among other things, and the quality standards in cornea banking are discussed.

progress in the cornea transplantation

An exciting topic that is treated there is modern DMEK technology, a lamellar transplant method that promises a quick restoration of vision. Thanks to DMEK, the dispensed horn skin is not sewn up, which avoids additional trauma for the patient: inside. According to tissue network , preliminary humane corneal graft for DMEK is only conveyed by a single facility in Germany: the German Society for Tissue Transplantation.

The advantages of this technology are unmistakable: patient: inside that suffer from diseases such as Fuchs’s endothelzellzell dystrophy or bullous keratopathy benefit from much better healing and faster return to vision. In the DMEK method, the required transplants from renowned fabric banks such as the Hannover fabric bench are provided.