Vanderbilt University Hospital is the first to adopt a new process that preserves kidneys to assist in organ transplants, according to a press release.
Vanderbilt Health announced Thursday that it had begun using Paragonix KidneyVault Renal Perfusion System, which is designed to preserve and transport donor kidneys, using hypothermic perfusion technology.
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