A Cleveland Clinic-developed normothermic perfusion machine has enabled surgeons to assess and successfully transplant 15 of 21 “orphan” livers that otherwise would have been discarded as unsuitable. The results may herald a new era in transplantation, making more organs available.
First Purely Laparoscopic Living Donor Hepatectomy for Liver Transplant is a Landmark for Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic surgeons have performed the Midwest’s first purely laparoscopic donor hepatectomy for living donor liver transplant, a technically demanding procedure that improves safety and shortens recovery times, possibly motivating more people to donate.
A North American First: Live Birth from Deceased-Donor Uterine Transplant at Cleveland Clinic
In a first for North America, a Cleveland Clinic patient has given birth after receiving a transplanted uterus from a deceased donor, a significant advancement in infertility treatment.
Organ Recovery Center Gearing up to Revive Nontransplantable Livers
Cleveland Clinic’s Organ Recovery Center will soon test the ability of its organ perfusion device to assess and enhance donated livers, potentially increasing the number that can be translated.
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Treatment of “Unresectable” Bilobar Liver Metastasis Using a 2-Stage Approach and HAI: A Case Study
Deemed “unresectable” elsewhere, a 42-year-old undergoes a two-stage hepatectomy and hepatic artery infusion for bilobar liver metastasis with exceptional results.
Normothermic Preserved Livers Successfully Transplanted at Cleveland Clinic
Paradigm shift in transplant medicine: Livers successfully transplanted in Cleveland Clinic study using homegrown normothermic ex vivo perfusion machine rather than cold preservation for maintaining organs.
FDA Gives Green Light to Human Transplant Study Using Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion
Cleveland Clinic is poised to launch the first U.S. study in which human liver transplant patients receive donor livers preserved using normothermic ex vivo perfusion.