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Article: First of their kind organ transplants performed in China, Taiwan.(Brief Article)
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- Transplant News
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- January 15, 2005
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A Chinese woman received a new intestinal tract and 4 other organs at a Shanghai hospital in late November. The multi-organ transplant was the first of its kind ever performed in China. The 14-hour operation involving 30 doctors and nurses left 38-year-old Lu Xiao with a new intestinal tract, stomach, spleen, liver and pancreas, a spokesperson for Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, said.
In early December surgeons at National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei performed Taiwan's first transplant between donors with different blood types.
The donor kidney was provided by 60-year-old Yiu ...