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To the Editor: Pasic et al. (Feb. 4 issue)¹ report the successful reuse of a transplanted heart. In our hospital, Moreno et al.² reused a liver graft with a favorable result. Recently, we reused a transplanted kidney with a beneficial outcome.

The kidney donor was a 22-year-old man with brain death due to cerebral hemorrhage. The first recipient was a 39-year-old man with end-stage renal disease due to diabetic nephropathy. In August 1992 renal transplantation was performed at another hospital. The cold-ischemia time was 20 hours. After reperfusion, diuresis began, and the patient's renal function improved. The patient was treated . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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