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Kidney transplantation involving a brain-dead organ donor
The University of Tokushima Hospital would like to take this opportunity to announce that we have performed a kidney transplantation involving a brain-dead organ donor.
1. Organ donor facility: A hospital in Okayama Prefecture
2. Donor: A male in his 40s
3. Recipient: A female in her 60s (primary disease: chronic kidney disease)
4. Department performing the transplantation: Urology
5. Surgical team operating on the recipient: Urology (Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Director of the Outpatient Clinic, and others)
6. Time when surgery started: 2:26 PM on November 17, 2023 (Fri.)
7. Time when surgery concluded: 7:29 PM on November 17, 2023 (Fri.)
8. Patient’s condition after surgery: The donated organ was in good condition and the patient’s general condition after surgery was stable.
9. Other details: This is the third organ transplantation involving a brain-dead donor that has been performed at this Hospital.