Five-Organ Recipient Serious After Surgery
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The world’s longest survivor of a five-organ transplant was in serious condition Saturday after doctors performed minor surgery to correct a problem with her new liver.
Tabatha Foster, 3 1/2, has had periodic problems with her liver since the operation five months ago to give her a new liver, pancreas, small intestines and parts of a stomach and colon, a spokeswoman for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh said.
Doctors on Friday inserted a tube into her liver to drain bile that had accumulated, the spokeswoman said.
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