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New Research: Lung Transplants from COVID-19-Positive Donors Show Similar Early Results to Donors Without COVID-19 (May 22, 2023)
As per a study unveiled at the annual gathering of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery in Los Angeles (held from May 6 to 9), it was found that...
Takashi Harano, M.D., from USC's Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, and colleagues investigated the initial results of lung transplants using donors who tested positive for COVID-19.
The researchers utilized the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing to identify a total of 29,944 donors, among whom 1,297 individuals tested positive for COVID-19.
Lung transplants derived from donors who tested positive for COVID-19, but were chosen with caution, exhibited similar initial outcomes after transplantation when compared to lung transplants from donors without COVID-19.