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Kidney reused in transplant 2012 Chicago In what is believed to be the first documented case of its kind in the United States, a transplanted kidney that was failing was removed from one patient while he was still alive and given to another patient.
Laura Brown/Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Kidney reused in transplant

2012 Chicago

In what is believed to be the first documented case of its kind in the United States, a transplanted kidney that was failing was removed from one patient while he was still alive and given to another patient.