LNJP surgeons perform organ regeneration feat

  • 12/07/1998

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)

Indian surgeons who two years ago helped monkeys and dogs regrow their diseased ureter, fallopian tubes and uterus, now claim to have successfully used their organ regeneration technique in humans for regrowth of abdominal wall and reconstruction of urethra, the tube that drains urine from the bladder."This is the first time out tissue regeneration technique has een used in humans," says B G Matapurkar, senior surgeon at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain Hospital whose work is soon to be published in the World Journal of Surgery(WJS).