Doctors successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a woman who was too sick for a 'traditional' organ transplant on Wednesday.
Patient Lisa Pisano, 54, suffered from heart and kidney failure before the transplant, making her ineligible for a human-donated kidney,. The doctors at NYU Langone Health instead implanted a heart pump to keep her heart pumping during the procedure and transplanted a pig kidney into her body.
Pisano was able to use a walker after the procedure and took her first steps, later expressing gratitude for the procedure. “I was at the end of my rope,” Pisano said. “I just took a chance. And you know, worst-case scenario, if it didn’t work for me, it might have worked for someone else and it could have helped the next person.”, implanting a genetically modified pig kidney into 62-year-old Richard “Rick” Slayman of Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Dr. Tatsuo Kawai, who was part of the team that performed the first pig kidney transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital, celebrated the doctors involved with the second transplant. “I have to congratulate them,” Kawai said. “When the heart function is bad, it’s really difficult to do a kidney transplant.”, and many die before their chance to receive an implant.
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