Madrid Doctors Perform Groundbreaking Lung Transplants

Deutsche Welle – A group of doctors at the Puerta de Hierro hospital in Madrid have performed two groundbreaking lung transplants with a technique that involves the preservation, testing and treatment of the lungs outside the body. The practice, known as ex-vivo perfusion, uses a machine to preserve, control and treat the organs outside the body. Since 2001, 36 transplantations have been performed using this technique in Sweden, Canada and Great Britain. But this is the first time that it has been used with lungs from donors who have died from cardiac arrest in the street or in their home. Read Article

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