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Staff at Harefield have been preparing for months
1983: Transplant makes British medical history
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The The first heart and lung transplant operation to be performed in
Britain was successfully carried out today.
Swedish journalist, Lars Ljungberg, underwent the transplant receiving the
organs of a woman from the south of England who died yesterday.
It took a team of 20 doctors and nurses at the specialist heart unit,
Harefield Hospital, in north London, more than five hours to carry out the
operation.
Mr Ljungberg is said to be recovering well from the operation and is
recuperating on an isolation ward in the intensive care unit there.
He is said to be conscious with his wife by his side.
The team of doctors was headed by renowned surgeon Magdi Yacoub.
Hospital administrator David Thomson said staff were delighted with the
outcome.
"The patient took the five and a half hour operation very well and is
recovering now on a ventilator in the intensive care unit," Mr Thomson said.
"Mr Magdi Yacoub has said that he is pleased with the operation and that it
went very smoothly."
Mr Ljungberg is likely to remain on the ventilator for another 48
hours.
He had been waiting for a transplant at the hospital, for more than a
month.
But staff have been preparing for the pioneering and intricate procedure
for several months.
The first operation of its kind in the UK, it is said be simpler to perform
than a heart transplant.
There are fewer small blood vessels to join and just three main areas where
the organs are sown into place.
Vocabulary:
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发表于 2016-7-9 23:43:24