“Race against time”This is how all the specialists describe organ transplantation. Twelve hours for the liver, four for the heart. The maximum time between removal and re-implantation depends on the organ, but never exceeds a few hours. In addition, the lack of oxygen in the blood supply can cause irreversible damage to it. A very short period of time during which teams must deliver the vaccine to the hospital of the recipient, assemble a team, and prepare a block, day or night. Getting rid of this constraint would be a revolution, but lately it has been a bit less of a fantasy.
The versatile Swiss team: P.r: Pierre-Alain Clavien, a gastrointestinal surgeon at the University Hospital of Zurich, has developed a machine that allows the human liver to be kept at 37 ° C for up to three days before re-implantation. The first operation with the vaccine passed through the device…
Source: Le Figaro
