Following a severe automobile accident, a client is scheduled to have surgery to either repair or remove his spleen, pancreas, a
nd stomach. The client wants the organs repaired and not removed if at all possible. However, the nursing staff understands that extensive regeneration in parenchymal organs can only occur if:
The correct answer is: the extensive regeneration in parenchymal organs can only occur if the residual tissue is structurally and functionally intact.
Explanation:
The only parenchymal organ that can have proper regeneration is the liver. In other organs, regeneration is limited and can only happen with stable cell populations. <u>For these organs to regenerate, the residual tissue MUST BE structurally and functionally intact; if it isn't, it will be replaced with scar tissue</u>.
