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One year later, a pair of twins who each underwent double kidney-liver transplants at the Pope's hospital are thriving, thanks to expert doctors.
The family of a pair of twin brothers who underwent double liver-kidney transplant at Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital are celebrating one year since the successful procedures. The two 16-year-old brothers both needed the same surgery to treat their rare cases of methylmalonic acidemia, and the surgeries were performed on both boys on the same day, April 14, 2023, which happened to be the eve of National Organ and Tissue Donation Day.
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The family of a pair of twin brothers who underwent double liver-kidney transplant at Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital are celebrating one year since the successful procedures. The two 16-year-old brothers both needed the same surgery to treat their rare cases of methylmalonic acidemia, and the surgeries were performed on both boys on the same day, April 14, 2023, which happened to be the eve of National Organ and Tissue Donation Day.
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Bambino Gesù saw lasting success in twins' double transplant
One year later, a pair of twins who each underwent double kidney-liver transplants at the Pope's hospital are thriving, thanks to expert doctors.
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