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Chicago-area hospitals aim to boost transplants with 'lung in a box'
Emphysema crept up on Bob Falat, gradually robbing him of his ability to breathe.
May 28, 2018
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News tagged with donor lungs
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Researchers investigate the potential of lung restoration for transplant
Q: What is the role of lung restoration in lung transplants? How does it work?
Jan 8, 2018
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Older donor lungs should be considered for transplantation
With a scarcity of lungs available for transplantation, the use of lungs from donors older than age 60 has been shown to achieve reasonable outcomes and should be considered as a viable option, according to research published ...
Nov 9, 2017
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New method rescues donor organs to save lives
A multidisciplinary team led by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences at Columbia Engineering, and Matt Bacchetta, associate professor of surgery at Columbia ...
Mar 6, 2017
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Living without lungs for six days saves a mom's life
In a bold and very challenging move, thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital (TGH) removed severely infected lungs from a dying mom, keeping her alive without them for six days, so that she could recover enough to receive ...
Jan 30, 2017
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Preserving donor lungs longer makes transplant more elective than emergency surgery
A new method which doubles the usual time donor lungs can remain outside the body can benefit patients, staff and allow retrieval of donor lungs across greater geographical areas, says a study published in The Lancet Respiratory ...
Nov 18, 2016
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Almost all donated organs unused in China, report says
Almost all human organs donated for transplant in China go unused, state-run media said, after years of controversy about the use of body parts from executed prisoners.
Nov 24, 2015
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Surgery
New policies would expand pediatric lung transplant access, study shows
Broader geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs could result in twice as many lung transplants for young patients in the U.S., according to a study published today in the American Journal of Transplantation.
Nov 2, 2015
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Lung 'filtering' technique can reduce transplant rejection
University of Manchester researchers have used a new technique to recondition poorly functioning lungs and remove donor white blood cells in an attempt to increase the number of lungs available for transplant, and at the ...
Sep 14, 2015
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Cause of donor death should not automatically exclude lungs from transplant consideration
Patients receiving lungs from donors whose cause of death was asphyxiation or drowning have similar outcomes and long-term survival as patients receiving lungs from traditional donors, according to a study in the October2014 ...
Oct 1, 2014
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