Breathing life into injured lungs: World-first technique will expand lung donor organ pool
Friday, December 19, 2008 - 12:35
in Health & Medicine
For the first time in the world, transplant surgeons at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network used a new technique to repair an injured donor lung that was unsuitable for transplant, and then successfully transplanted it into a patient. The use of this technique could significantly expand the lung donor organ pool and improve outcomes after transplantation.