Lung transplants get a little time on their side

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 18:00 in Health & Medicine

Doctors aim to get organs into the recipient as soon as possible. But a new study finds that treating organs on a perfusion machine for several hours before transplantation may increase success.For decades, heart and lung transplant surgeons have followed a strict directive: Get the donor organ into the recipient as soon as possible.

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