EX VIVO LUNG - NOW IN HIGH QUALITY

Taking advantage of YouTubes new HQ & HD features, we're proud to present this re-upload of our previous EX VIVO LUNG video!

Transplant surgeons at Toronto General Hospital make medical history!

For the first time in the world, transplant surgeons, led by Dr. Shaf Keshavjee, used a new technique to repair an injured donor lung that was unsuitable for transplant, and then successfully transplanted it into Andy Dyksrta.

Dr. Keshavjee and his team have developed an ex vivo or outside the body technique capable of pumping a bloodless solution containing oxygen, proteins and nutrients into damaged donor lungs. This technique allows the surgeons the opportunity to assess and treat damaged donor lungs, while they are outside the body, to make them suitable for transplantation. To find out more about this research milestone, and others like it, visit www.tgwhf.ca!

Originally featured: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXqMsraSb84
*** As featured on the Colbert Report - June 4, 2009 ***
http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/full-episodes/june-4-2009...

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• toronto general hospital
• ex vivo
• lung transplant
• dr. shaf keshavjee

[Cherimoya9]

Came here after watching it on House. :-)

[umar3030]

This is to preserve harvested lung and optimise its function prior to transplanting it.

[Flintwolfie]

@VividlyEndless best movie ever

[VividlyEndless]

@givant The movie is really good like the concept of being able to "live forever" and such I think I actually typed the movie name wrong I think the full title is Repo men. It's truly amazing what we are accomplishing though I mean the idea of being able to do something like that is just wow.

[givant]

@VividlyEndless Oh I never got around to see that, was it good?? And it's amazing that something as important as this vid only has less than 3k views

[VividlyEndless]

@givant try watching the movie Repo its basically about that.

[givant]

this is freaking crazy, looks like am looking at a futuristic movie. Gotta love science trying to make us live until we are 200 years old. I can already foresee all of the marches against this because they are playing "God"

[ImmortalCat1]

o_O