Domino Liver Transplant

Dr. Christopher Hughes of the Emory Transplant Center gives a summary of Georgia's first "domino" liver transplant, a sequential, one-after-the-other nature of the process in which a viable liver from a deceased donor is transplanted into the first recipient.

Background Info

Transplant surgeons at Emory University Hospital are the first in the state of Georgia to perform a very rare domino liver transplant procedure. In effect, the procedure is saving two lives and curing one rare disease (Maple Syrup Urine Disease - MSUD) in a 24-year-old patient, and dramatically improving the quality of life in the other patient, who has suffered a lifetime battle with hemophilia, and more recently hepatitis C.

Related Links

Emory University Hospital Performs Georgia's First Domino Liver Transplant
http://shared.web.emory.edu/whsc/news/releases/2009/08/georgias-first-domino-...

New tool in the fight for scarce donor organs
http://www.emoryhealthsciblog.com/?p=551

Liver Transplant Program at Emory
http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/transplant-center/liver-transplant/

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Science & Technology

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• transplant
• liver
• domino transplant
• hemophilia
• hepatitis c
• cirrosis
• liver transplant
• emory transplant center
• emory healthcare