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Date of transplant Survival Reference Sandro (1945–2010) Argentine singer and actor. He died after complications of a heart–lung transplant. November 20, 2009 45 days [31] Ann Harrison (1944–2001) Recipient and long term survivor of the world's first human double-lung transplant November 26, 1986 15 years [90] Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
Longest surviving heart transplant recipient 2005 (25 years) Derrick Morris (24 March 1930 – 30 July 2005) was, at the time of his death, Europe's longest-surviving heart transplant recipient, living 25 years after the transplant performed by Sir Magdi Yacoub in 1980.
In 1993, Chen established a liver transplant program at Chang Gung's Kaohsiung branch. [12] [13] The next year, Chen oversaw Taiwan's first living donor liver transplantation. [14] In 1997, Chen performed Asia's first split-liver transplantation. [15] This was followed by Taiwan's first dual-graft living donor liver transplantation in 2002. [16]
The first patient in the UK with advanced bowel cancer to receive a liver transplant after the disease spread to it has said she had been given "a second chance at life". Bianca Perea, a 32-year ...
As of Feb. 21, 2024, there were 9,883 people waiting for a liver transplant, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. “Eden is starting to act like a whole new baby ...
Liver transplantation is a potential treatment for acute or chronic conditions which cause irreversible and severe ("end-stage") liver dysfunction. [4] Since the procedure carries relatively high risks, is resource-intensive, and requires major life modifications after surgery, it is reserved for dire circumstances.
He underwent a liver transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, which he believed he had contracted from a blood transfusion after one of his many violent crashes. [86] Lance Loud: 1951–2001 Best known for his role in An American Family, a 12-part 1973 PBS documentary. Died of liver failure caused by a hepatitis C and HIV co ...
Four decades after being diagnosed with a serious heart condition and given just six months to live, Bert Janssen has set a Guinness World Record as the longest-surviving transplant patient. “I ...