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February 18, 2009
Musical kidneys
6-Way Kidney Transplant Involves 3 States
12 Patients Have Surgery On Valentine's DaySurgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital teamed up for a medical first over the weekend -- the nation's first multi-center, six-way kidney transplant.
TV station WBAL in Baltimore reported that the process involved one kidney being flown from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, one from Oklahoma City to St. Louis and one from St. Louis to Baltimore.
The complex swap orchestrated by Dr. Robert Montgomery involved 12 patients at three different hospitals, nine surgeons and a team of nearly 100 people.
Posted by joke du jour at February 18, 2009 06:45 PM
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