Transplant
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This episode of Penn Vital Signs will follow
the story of two organ donor recipients. While
one patient is diagnosed with a deadly kidney
disease, the other patient learns that his Hepatitis
C and liver cancer require a new liver in order
for him to survive.
With transplant surgery comes the difficulty
of waiting for a donor. Fortunately for one patient,
a living donor is as close as his family. For
this patient, a family member is not only willing
to undergo surgery but is a perfect candidate
to donate a kidney. For the other patient, his
name will be placed on a transplant waiting list.
It will be a difficult time as he waits for the
telephone call which could save his life.
While the surgery is remarkable in itself, it
is also revolutionary with the use of a computerized
robotic system allowing for a quicker, less painful
recovery.
Originally aired April 2004.
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