How many successful organ transplants have been made since 1950?

Answer 1

1954: First successful kidney transplant by Joseph Murray (Boston, U.S.A.)

1966: First successful pancreas transplant by Richard Lillehei and William Kelly (Minnesota, U.S.A.)

1967: First successful liver transplant by Thomas Starzl (Denver, U.S.A.)

1967: First successful heart transplant by Christiaan Barnard (Cape Town, South Africa)

1970: First successful monkey head transplant by Robert White (Cleveland, U.S.A.)

1981: First successful heart/lung transplant by Bruce Reitz (Stanford, U.S.A.)

1983: First successful lung lobe transplant by Joel Cooper (Toronto, Canada)

1986: First successful double-lung transplant (Ann Harrison) by Joel Cooper (Toronto, Canada)

1987: First successful whole lung transplant by Joel Cooper (St. Louis, U.S.A.)

1995: First successful laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy by Lloyd Ratner and Louis Kavoussi (Baltimore, U.S.A.)

1998: First successful live-donor partial pancreas transplant by David Sutherland (Minnesota, U.S.A.)

1998: First successful hand transplant (France)

2005: First successful partial face transplant (France)

2006: First successful penis transplant (China) Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_trans...

Answer 2

Transplants which are (now) commonly practiced: Kidney, Liver, Heart, Lung, Pancreas, Small intestine, Corneas, Bone Marrow.

Transplants which have been performed successfully, but only on a tiny number of patients (so are still being researched):

Uterus and ovaries (this was a mother-to-daughter donation; it did result in a child being conceived and being born healthily. The child would be genetically related to the mother rather than the daughter, and the organs were removed after the daughter gave birth). Bladder - constructed from stem cells of the recipient. Stomach - has been performed, but are not common since stomach's are not necessary to survive. Trachea - normally from a donated trachea and the patient's stem cells. Faces - still experimental but so far the outcomes are good. Stem cells, for various usages, with mixed results.

Transplants which tend to fail (so most surgeons have given up experimenting with them): Limbs, hands, feet, male genitalia. Transplanting an external body part invariably results in a reduced capacity for sensation (due to scarring and nerve damage) which can result in the feeling that the graft is not the patient's own. Patients normally have difficultly adapting psychologically to a transplant which is external, which makes sense if they cannot feel the graft and it appears significantly different to their own body. Transplanted limbs/hands/feet also seem to have a high rejection rate. (Faces seem to be an exception to this, possibly since there is not a "alternative" to a face in the way that there is a mechanical alternative to a hand; anything is better than nothing. Possibly also that faces can adapt to the recipients underlying bone structure, so do not appear completely "alien" to the recipient).

Answer 3

i have 2 answer this question 4 my coursework so heres what i have found :

1954: 1s successfull kidney transplant from one twin to another

1966: 1st successfull pancreas transplant

1967: 1st sucessfull liver transplant

1967: Worlds 1st heart transplant

if i find more i will tell u :D

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Answer 4

1954: First successful kidney transplant by Joseph Murray (Boston, U.S.A.)

1966: First successful pancreas transplant by Richard Lillehei and William Kelly (Minnesota, U.S.A.)

1967: First successful liver transplant by Thomas Starzl (Denver, U.S.A.)

1967: First successful heart transplant by Christiaan Barnard (Cape Town, South Africa)

1970: First successful monkey head transplant by Robert White (Cleveland, U.S.A.)

1981: First successful heart/lung transplant by Bruce Reitz (Stanford, U.S.A.)

1983: First successful lung lobe transplant by Joel Cooper (Toronto, Canada)

1986: First successful double-lung transplant (Ann Harrison) by Joel Cooper (Toronto, Canada)

1987: First successful whole lung transplant by Joel Cooper (St. Louis, U.S.A.)

1995: First successful laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy by Lloyd Ratner and Louis Kavoussi (Baltimore, U.S.A.)

1998: First successful live-donor partial pancreas transplant by David Sutherland (Minnesota, U.S.A.)

1998: First successful hand transplant (France)

2005: First successful partial face transplant (France)

2006: First successful penis transplant (China)

Answer 5

The first successful organ transplant occurred in 1954, when a man donated a kidney to his twin brother.

Answer 6

Lots.

Answer 7

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