First-of-its-kind medical procedure.
A hospital in Japan says it has successfully performed a double organ transplant using live donors.
A hospital in Japan says it has successfully performed a double organ transplant using live donors.
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00:00 Doctors in Japan say they've carried out the world's first transplant using living donors.
00:05 Kyoto University Hospital says it transplanted parts of the lungs and liver to a 10-year-old
00:10 boy taken from multiple family members last November.
00:14 The operation involved four operating rooms and took 18 hours.
00:18 The boy was discharged from the hospital last week after he could walk again on his own.
00:24 Organ donors have also safely returned home.