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Separate extraction of cardiac and pulmonary grafts from a single organ donor
T R Todd1, M Goldberg, A Koshal
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Ont, Canada.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
The scarcity of multiple-organ donors for perfused organ transplantation requires cooperation between various transplanting teams to maximize organ retrieval. We have developed a technique for the extraction of a cardiac and separate pulmonary graft from the same donor. These grafts can then be successfully implanted into two separate recipients. Our experience with 9 successful extractions and implantations is recorded.