Tag: heart transplant

Combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant surgery
Digital Health News

First-Ever Combined Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant Gives New Hope to Patient with Terminal Illness

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed the first-ever combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant surgery in a 54-year-old woman with heart and kidney failure—a confluence of advances that showcase the possibility and hope of modern medicine. Doctors performed this feat in two stages: first surgically implanting the heart pump days before embarking […]

Organ Transplant Surgery
Hospital Updates

Apollo Hospital Navi Mumbai saves lives, one transplant at a time – celebrates 500+ Solid Organ Transplants milestone

Apollo Hospital Navi Mumbai is proud to announce that it has achieved a historic milestone by completing 535 solid organ transplants. This feat has been achieved due to the cutting-edge multi-organ transplantation program, one of the largest and most comprehensive at the Apollo Institutes of Transplant, at Apollo Hospitals Navi Mumbai. Beginning 2017, Apollo Hospitals […]