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100th transplant saves 2 lives
Philadelphia - Dr. Lillian R. Aronson made the record books, at least at the University of Pennsylvania.
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PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Lillian R. Aronson made the record books, at least at the University of Pennsylvania.
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She performed the university's 100th feline renal transplant in late September. The six-hour surgery on an 8-year-old patient, Gordie, was reportedly successful. The donor cat was retrieved from a local shelter and adopted by Gordie's owners after the surgery. It was a way, the university says, to save two lives — one animal suffering kidney failure and the other rescued from a shelter.
Two surgical teams operated on the cats simultaneously. Both were faring well.
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