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Local 22-year-old in desperate need of kidney transplant
When her kidneys declined to 20% function, the Mayo Clinic put Savannah on their kidney transplant list. Shortly after, Purnell met Erica Pitts during a dental appointment. “I had a sticker put ...
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Transplant at Mayo Clinic replaces 85% of patient’s face after more than 50 hours of surgery
MINNEAPOLIS — March 5 had been a day of dread for the Pfaff family since 2014, when Lisa and Jerry found their 19-year-old son, Derek, bleeding in the snow from a self-inflicted gunshot wound ...
Living kidney donation can start a chain reaction
Living-donor transplantation is an option for some organs. For people over 18 born with two functioning kidneys, they can donate one and continue to live a healthy life. An altruistic living-donor ...
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Q&A: First paired liver donation at Mayo a ‘significant first step’ to improving care
The success of Mayo Clinic’s first paired living-donor liver transplantation may pave the way for expanded access and more “timely transplant” for patients in need, Timucin Taner, MD, PhD, told Healio ...