What This Story Is About
- Vanderbilt surgeons completed three adult liver transplants in one night, including one for Krista Owens in the early morning hours of Oct. 29.
Why It Matters
- A donated liver can stay on ice for only about seven hours, and transplant surgery takes 4 to 12 hours, so the team had to work quickly to fit in three.
- All three patients are continuing to recover well, and the program may complete 200 adult liver transplants this year.
For Context
- Vanderbilt’s liver transplant program is on track to break its record for transplants in a single year.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Surgeons at Vanderbilt completed three adult liver transplants in one night, including one for Krista Owens in the early morning hours of Oct. 29.
Vanderbilt’s liver transplant program is on track to break its record for transplants completed in a single year. The program’s surgical director said it may complete 200 adult liver transplants this year.
Recipient says she feels well after surgery
Owens, who lives in Chattanooga, said she has not felt this well in three years.
“I just feel amazing — I haven’t felt this way in three years,” Owens said…