At present, gamma irradiation has yet to be used in the processing of tissue allografts by all tissue banks. The Massachusetts General Hospital Tissue Bank inBoston—set up in 1990 by the pioneerDrHenry —is still a surgical tissue bank employing sterile procurement and processing techniques, but not gamma irradiation (Mankin was succeeded by Dr William Tomford). Similarly, in Latin America, the Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank in Latin Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, set up by another famous pioneer Dr Ottolenghi (now run by Dr Musculo), is also a surgical tissue bank. In Europe, the largest tissue bank, the DIZG Tissue Bank, set up by Dr von Versen, employs only chemical processing and.
