Successful transplant of liver kept alive outside body for days
Surgeons say they have successfully transplanted a donor liver kept warm and alive outside the body for three days, using a special machine.
Experts hope the advance could help reduce the number of donor organs that have to be discarded, since preserving tissues and organs at low temperatures can cause substantial cell damage. The machine can also deliver drugs or other nutrients, as well as blood, to make sure the organ is in the best condition ahead of the transplant.
His transplant operation was done four days after the donor organ was removed from its original owner - a 29-year-old woman who died in May 2021.His doctors say more research - with more patients and longer observation periods - is still needed, but the results so far look very promising.
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