BLOODLESS MEDICINE and SURGERY - The Growing Demand

by alaaron | October 2, 2006 at 11:18 am
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AT AGE 61, José, a Belgian from the small town of Oupeye, was told that he would need a liver transplant. "It was the shock of my life," he says. Just four decades ago, liver transplants were unthinkable. Even in the 1970's, the survival rate was only about 30 percent. Today, however, liver transplants are routinely performed, with a much higher success rate.
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