Usually, organs do not survive being out of the body for too long, especially if they are not put into special containers that will help them survive the transport from one place to another. However, in this new research, they took out a liver and repaired it for the person before it was transplanted back into the body for its use.
The patient is still in good condition one year later despite the liver being out of the body for three days.
Cancer Patient's Liver was Taken Out for Repairs, Survives Outside
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DCD transplants have been done in the UK since 2009.
A cancer patient in Switzerland needed a new liver, but it seemed that their time was running out, and they could not wait for a donor to replace the old and damaged one as soon as possible. So, a team of doctors from the University Hospital Zurich, ETH Zurich, Wyss Zurich, and the University of Zurich devised a way to repair it and use it again.
The researchers developed an "ex situ normothermic perfusion method" and explained its complicated procedure in Nature's publication. Here, the doctors worked hand-in-hand to remove a liver and repair it right then and there, with the internal organ out of the body for three days before its transplant again.
Transplant is a Success; Patient is In Good Condition
The study said that the patient who received the transplant is still doing well after a year since the said operation took place. It only shows that their new method is a success. It brings massive help to the world for other processes, especially with problems in the medical world like unmatching organs and shortages in their availability.
Intricate Operations with Technology
Technology is not all bad, as it aims to make a person's life easier on a daily basis, with different devices already available to make it possible. Operations or surgeries in the world already utilize the top tech present in the medical field, and some indirectly help.
One example would be a drone that delivers a fresh set of lungs from a donor and brings it on time and intact for its new owner to use.
Complex operations also use technology for their needs, especially as it is the only way to have specific successful results for the patient. There are times when surgeons have to stop a heart for a transplant and use a machine to pump blood back to it and get it back running before it is placed back on a body for its function.
In this new research, doctors talked about how a patient is in good condition despite their liver being taken out of the body and went on for repairs for three days. It survived the whole process before the transplant, and it also gave a significant result when it returned to the body for its function after the said repair.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
