Reuse of a Transplanted Heart

Pašić, Miralem; Gallino, Augusto; Carrel, Thierry; Maggiorini, Marco; Laske, A; Segesser, Ludwig von; Turina, M

doi:10.1056/nejm199302043280505

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“…Transplanted organs have even been reused. [3][4][5] Nevertheless, there has been a progressively widening gap between the number of patients waiting for transplants and the number of transplantations performed. The number of patients on the national waiting list was 25 percent higher than the number of transplantations in 1988 and was more than 50 percent higher by 1994.…”

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Procurement and Allocation of Solid Organs for Transplantation

1997

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Procurement and Allocation of Solid Organs for Transplantation

1997

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“…Reutilization of grafted organs after brain death of the first recipient has been shown feasible [1–5,8,9] but there have been no reports about the long‐term outcome in grafts recovered weeks, months, or even years after the initial transplantation. We report a case of re‐engraftment 2 years after the initial transplantation and long‐term survival of more than 14 years with excellent graft function.…”

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“…[1] first reported about reutilization of a transplanted kidney. Others have subsequently reported about reuse of heart [2] and liver [3–5]. Although the disparity between solid‐organ supply and demand persists [6] surgeons have refrained from reusing organs especially if the time between the first transplantation and reuse of the organ is longer than a few days.…”

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Fourteen-year survival of a renal graft reused 2 years after initial transplantation: a case report

Goralczyk¹,

Obed²,

Lorf³

2009

Transplant International

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Summary We report on the successful regrafting of a transplanted kidney. The donor kidney was first transplanted into a 32‐year‐old patient with renal atrophy. More than 2 years later, he suffered from severe grand mal seizure with brain edema and the patient met the criteria for brain death. The well‐functioning graft was recovered and subsequently transplanted into a 66‐year‐old woman with chronic glomerular nephritis. Neither the first nor the second recipient experienced any acute rejection. To date, more than 14 years later, she is in good health with excellent graft function. This case report implies that excellent long‐term graft function is viable in a graft reused 2 years after the initial transplantation.

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“…To our knowledge, there are no earlier reports of lung recipients becoming kidney donors. Reuse of organ grafts has also been described, including liver [4e8], heart [9], and kidney [10]. No long-term data regarding graft and patient outcomes are available.…”

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