Organ preservation. Which temperature for which organ?
In 1954, Joseph Murray performed the first successful human organ transplant from a live kidney donor, Richard Herrick, into the donor’s twin, Robert. Since no form of organ preservation was available, the surgeries happen in two simultaneous operating rooms. In this way, the kidney damage subsequent to the lack of blood supply before the vascular anastomoses between Richard’s vessels and Robert’s kidney were confectioned, was reduced to the shortest possible (1). Richard recovered well and died in 1962 for recurrence of his original nephritis disease.