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For the first time in Asia, a "preservation" machine helped doctors ensure they had a "good liver" to transplant into a liver-failure patient in a Bengaluru hospital recently. The doctors were able to assess the donated organ's ability even before the transplant.
"The machine, OrganOx metra, can keep a liver 'alive' for up to 24 hours after donation," said Mumbai-based Dr Darius Mirza, who was part of a UK initiative that developed the machine. He was on the team that worked on the machine since clinical trials started in 2013. Over 200 transplants have been conducted since.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/in-a-first-for-asia-doctors-use-machine-to-deliver-good-liver-for-transplant/articleshow/63979945.cms
- At present in India, harvested livers are stored in a cold box, and it is advisable to use a liver within eight to 10 hours after retrieval.
- Besides, many scientists fear that the cooling and subsequent revival before transplant affects the donated organ's capability.
For the first time in Asia, a "preservation" machine helped doctors ensure they had a "good liver" to transplant into a liver-failure patient in a Bengaluru hospital recently. The doctors were able to assess the donated organ's ability even before the transplant.
"The machine, OrganOx metra, can keep a liver 'alive' for up to 24 hours after donation," said Mumbai-based Dr Darius Mirza, who was part of a UK initiative that developed the machine. He was on the team that worked on the machine since clinical trials started in 2013. Over 200 transplants have been conducted since.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/in-a-first-for-asia-doctors-use-machine-to-deliver-good-liver-for-transplant/articleshow/63979945.cms