Vietnam hospital sets kidney transplant milestone with 18-hour preservation
Hue Central Hospital in Hue City, central Vietnam has successfully performed two kidney transplants using a LifePort organ transporter, bringing the hospital’s total number of such procedures to five, including one involving a record 18-hour cold ischemia period, the hospital said on Monday.
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