Doctors Take Out Patient's Damaged Liver, Transplant It Back After Treating It
Doctors say the procedure is the first of its kind in the world and they credited their in-house perfusion machine with making the feat possible.
Source: newsweek.com
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World-first operation sees 'sub-standard' liver REPAIRED by machine before successful transplant
A cancer patient (right) has recovered his quality of life, after a world first transplant where he was given a damaged human liver has been treated and preserved in a machine for three days.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
New technique made transplanting a 3-day-old donor liver possible
Typically, a liver can't be stored on ice for more than 12 hours. This means this new machine could enable a lot more transplants than currently possible.
Source: zmescience.com
Damaged liver repaired inside machine for three days before transplant
A damaged liver that was kept alive and repaired in a machine for three days outside the body before transplantation is functioning normally in the recipient a year later
Source: newscientist.com