Johns Hopkins leads first 16-patient, multicentre 'domino donor' kidney transplant
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 08:22
in Health & Medicine
Surgical teams at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Centre in Oklahoma City and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit successfully completed the first eight-way, multihospital, domino kidney transplant. The transplant involved eight donors - 3 men and 5 women along with eight organ recipients - 3 men and 5 women. 'All Johns Hopkins patients are in good condition and are recovering as anticipated,' according to Robert A. Montgomery, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Centre...