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Dr Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first successful human heart transplant in 1967. The patient, Louis Washansky, survived for eighteen days after the operation.
Dr. Christiaan Barnard, a South African surgeon. The patient lived for 18 days before dying of pneumonia.
The patient presumably underwent withdrawl.
The first heart transplant in the world took place on December 3rd, 1967 by Prof. Christiaan Barnard. The patient's name was Lewis Washkansky and the transplant was deemed a success although Washkansky died 18 days later from pneumonia.
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The first organ transplant occurred in 1954, when Ronald Lee Herrick donated one of his kidneys to his brother, Richard. The surgery was led by Dr. Joseph Murray, who later won a Nobel prize for developing the surgical technique regarding kidney transplants. The surgery took place in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Dr Christian Barnard performed the world's first human heart transplant operation on 3 December 1967. The patient, Louis Washkansky lived for eighteen days after the operation. This is regarded as the first 'success', but future transplant patients lived on for considerably longer.
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The time it takes to recover from a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt operation varies with each patient. It also depends on the success of the operation and how the patient responded to it.