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[4brahmins] Knowledge on trends - New technology

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New miracle technique repairs damaged lungs for transplant

Toronto, (IANS): ........Now surgeons at the renowned Toronto General Hospital -

the world's first where experimental lung transplants were performed in the

1980s - has developed a new technique called 'perfusion' to repair damaged

lungs.

Instead of storing the donated lungs on ice, this new technique involves keeping

them functioning at body temperature for up to 18 hours using a ventilator and a

bloodless solution. In this functioning state, the damaged lungs are then

subjected to 'perfusion', which includes pumping a solution of oxygen, proteins

and other nutrients into them.

According to the surgeons, up to 55 percent of damaged lungs can be repaired

through this technique, offering hope to people waiting long for donated lungs.

A video of the repair work on a pair of lungs, which were successfully

transplanted into a 56-year-old patient, was demonstrated at the hospital over

the weekend. Lying in a glass chamber, the lungs could be seen connected to the

new technique and breathing as normally as if they were inside a body.

Because of their inflamed state, this pair of lungs was too damaged to be

transplanted. But by keeping them alive and then using the new technique, the

Toronto surgeons treated their inflammation and transplanted them into the

patient.

Shaf Keshavjee, who led the surgeons, told the media: " To see these lungs that

are damaged and 12 hours later are perfect is fascinating. Worldwide, this

strategy could easily double the number of lung transplants that are done...

It's a phenomenally exciting advance. "

Surgeons say this organ refurbishing process could be extended to other damaged

organs like the liver and kidneys to repair them for transplants

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News Collection from " the Hindu " the daily

KVSivaraman

Coimbatore

 

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