From split livers to machine perfusion: the 20-year evolution of liver transplants in South Africa

By Jerome Loveland, Head of Transplant Surgery at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, and Academic Head of Transplantation, University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa is no stranger to organ transplants. The world’s first heart transplant was performed in the country in the 1960s. There have been major developments in the decades since then. In the 1980s an organ donor registry was set up and local surgeons have been pushing the boundaries of what is possible. The Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre recently marked a milestone of completing 1,000 liver transplants since initiating its programme…

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~	African Union peacekeeping is growing as UN missions decline: research finds a mixed record of success

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~	Africa’s air travel is reliant on distant hubs: why it’s time to fix this

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~	All-round condemnation for Pauline Hanson over Indigenous slur

~	How to build climate-resilient transport systems

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