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British resident Michelle Morgan Granger is one of the first patients to have pioneered surgery, using tissue from the heart of a bull or cow for treatment and liver repair. The operation made it possible bring the moment when organs can be widely used animals during xenotransplantation. Forty-two-year-old Michelle In 2010, a rare form of liver cancer was diagnosed. Initially, doctors reported that they were powerless in solving this Problems. But two months later, the patient underwent the procedure, during which she removed a tumor in the liver along with most of the lower vena cava, the function of which is to return blood from human lower body back to the heart. This part was subsequently restored by bovine pericardium – part external laying of a cow or bovine heart. Bull pericardium used in some heart operations, but in order to restore the liver, it was used for the sixth time. Unlike synthetic materials, this material from the heart of a bull reduces the risk infection and the formation of blood clots. Other than that, his use relieves patients of the need for long-term use of blood thinners with side effects effects. To minimize the risk of infections, bovine The pericardium undergoes a number of treatments, including chemical ones.
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