By early 2024, Elliot Vargas was long overdue for some good news. The 49-year-old ambulette driver from Brooklyn had been battling diabetes for three decades, and for more than two …
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Heart Transplantation
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pioneers new surgical intervention that saved a child’s life
Doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pioneered a new surgical intervention that allowed a toddler to temporarily survive without a heart. The child’s heart was failing fast, and traditional …
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Organ Donation
A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man’s Organs — Until His Doctor Intervened
by Cara Anthonyby Cara AnthonyST. LOUIS — Lying on top of an operating room table with his chest exposed, Larry Black Jr. was moments away from having his organs harvested when a doctor ran …
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News
OSU Professor Wexner completed 20 kidney transplants in two days. Unusual surgical chain saves 10 people
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State University Medical Center recently conducted a rare 20-person living kidney donor transplant chain, completing 20 surgeries in two days. announced by the university. It …
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Videos
Delhi Painter Gets Hands Back As Organ Donation Meets Surgical Excellence
by News Sourceby News SourceA painter who lost both hands in a tragic accident is about to hold his brush again, thanks to the surgical excellence of a group of …