Homotransplantation of multiple visceral organs

TE Starzl, HA Kaupp, DR Brock, GW Butz… - The American Journal of …, 1962 - Elsevier
It was technically possible to perform simultaneous homotransplantation of multiple visceral
organs including the liver, spleen, pancreas, omentum and the entire gastrointestinal tract.
Arterialization of the cooled graft was accomplished through the donor aorta which was
removed with the graft and attached to that of the recipient dog. Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
after surgery accounted for a high operative mortality and was thought to be due to
denervation of the graft. The five dogs which survived the immediate trauma of surgery lived …