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Machine to revive donor organs used in double-lung transplant in UK first

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Machine to revive donor organs used in double-lung transplant in UK first

Machine to revive donor organs used in double-lung transplant in UK first

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Surgeons have performed a double-lung transplant using a novel machine which revives donor organs and keeps them alive and breathing outside the human body. The operation marked the first time the machine has been used in the UK.

The pioneering device consists of a bubble-like chamber which contains a series of pumps and filters that repair, recondition and revitalise the lungs before they are transplanted into patients.

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