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In 1933, surgeon Yuriy Vorony from Kherson in Ukraine attempted the first human kidney transplant, using a kidney removed six hours earlier from a deceased donor to be reimplanted into the thigh. He measured kidney function using a connection between the kidney and the skin.
- Renal transplantation
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- OTY
- nephrology, transplantology
Nov 28, 2012 · A surgical team at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, led by Dr. Joseph Murray, performs the first kidney transplant in 1954. Photo courtesy Brigham and Women’s Hospital Archives. In 1954, on the day before Christmas, Murray and his team helped Ronald give Richard a very special gift: a kidney.
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In 1962, Murray performed his first successful transplantation of a kidney from an unrelated donor with the use of immunosuppressive drugs. Eventually, he successfully transplanted a kidney from a cadaver. Murray's work stimulated research within the field of transplantation immunity (tissue rejection and immune reactions in general).
- Marc A. Shampo, Robert A. Kyle
- 2001
In 1933, the Soviet surgeon Yu Yu Voronoy performed the first human-to-human kidney transplant. That the kidney was not procured until 6 hours after the donor’s death and that it was transplanted across a major blood group mismatch probably accounted for its prompt failure ( Voronoy 1937 ).
- Clyde F. Barker, Clyde F. Barker, James F. Markmann
- 10.1101/cshperspect.a014977
- 2013
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Sep 22, 2011 · In 1954, Harvard surgeons at the Brigham performed the first successful organ transfer, a kidney exchanged between twins, opening a major medical field, and giving life and hope to thousands of patients.
- Harvardgazette
Learn how the first kidney transplant was done in 1954 by Dr. Peter Medawar and his colleagues, who used drugs to prevent rejection and tissue typing to match the recipient and the donor. Find out how this breakthrough opened a new era in transplant surgery and saved many lives.
Jul 1, 2003 · The first human kidney transplantation, one of the seminal events of medical history, occurred on December 23, 1954. After several years of research, including successful kidney transplantations in dogs, the transplantation team at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, MA, was searching for a way to apply their technique to humans.
