In the history of transplantation, living donors were among the first to be used successfully,
with the living donor kidney transplantation being the first successful transplant ever …

During the ensuing 20 years (1953-1973), the conceptual framework of clinical renal
transplantation that exists today was put in place in a succession of steps. The first of these …

BACKGROUND The first transplant using a kidney from a living source was performed
between identical twins at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital on December 23, 1954. This …

More than fifty years have now passed since the first successful human organ transplant.
During that time, substantial progress has been made in both surgical techniques and …

On December 23 1954 the first successful renal transplant was performed, the donor and
recipient being identical twins. In the Western world up to 20% of kidneys transplanted …

The use of living related donors for transplantation was first carried out in Boston and in
Paris in the early 1950's (1). Most of these transplants were between monozygotic twins and …

The very first recorded tissue transplant was conducted in 1869 in Switzerland when a
surgeon transplanted the skin of one person to another, but progress was slow. In 1906, the …

Any attempt to discuss the problem of living organ donation today in 1989 must
acknowledge the fact that it began in the 1950s, with the use of living related kidney donors …

THE EVOLUTION of whole organ transplantation has been one of the most remarkable
chapters in the history of medicine and one of the least expected. In 1961, the Nobel …

Since ancient times, mythology has included tales of creatures made of an amalgamation of
others, transferring body parts and skin. In the 1950s, with no other medical options for then …