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Ochsner Transplant Institute gives new hope to patients and families across the region
The Ochsner Transplant Institute in New Orleans stands as a national leader in organ transplant surgery. Since 1984, ...
Families have to find their own livers because of organ donor shortfall
Children’s Hospital Colorado performed 22 liver transplants, with about 40% going to kids who live in other states.
Heart donation after circulatory death technique expands transplant access
Researchers at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation ...
Donor lungs safely preserved up to 20 hours out-of-body prior to transplantation
A study on donor lungs preserved outside the body before transplantation demonstrated that the hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) technique is a safe and effective lung preservation ...