'Domino' transplant saves trooper's life

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'Domino' transplant saves trooper's life

A functional liver useless to a Massachusetts

man because of a rare genetic condition has saved the life of a retired Pennsylvania

state trooper through a " domino " transplant performed in Pittsburgh,

doctors said Wednesday.

While Rudd underwent his 14-hour operation, his liver

was transplanted into shock, 64, of

Sugarloaf, Luzerne County,

a retired state trooper dying from primary sclerosing cholangitis, a disease

that attacks the bile ducts.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_472566.html

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