The CHU Toulouse hospital in
A recent article in the
“Starting two machine perfusion programs show our dedication to give more patients a life-changing transplant. Having the possibility to evaluate organs outside of the body is extremely valuable, which is not possible with traditional cold static preservation on ice. Running the ex vivo lung perfusion program I personally believe we will shorten the time on the waiting list now when more organs can be used. Initially we expect an increase in lung transplants by 20 percent”, says Pierre Rabinel, MD Thoracic Surgery at the CHU Toulouse hospital.
“It makes me very happy that CHU Toulouse starts two programs this year using XVIVO’s technologies. I would say that it is a global trend that hospitals set up machine perfusion programs for all major organs. Full perfusion centers for livers, lungs, kidneys and hearts are being established all around the world, and they are needed. For example, in 2020 only 16 percent of all donated available lungs where used. Machine perfusion will change that number”, says
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