| |
|
Canadian Firsts |
| 1956 |
|
Heart valves are
transplanted for the first time worldwide (Toronto, Ontario) |
| 1958 |
|
Living-related kidney
transplant (Montreal, Quebec) |
| 1963 |
|
Kidney transplant
using a cadaveric donor (deceased person) (Montreal, Quebec) |
| 1968 |
|
Heart transplant
(Montreal, Quebec) |
| 1970 |
|
Liver transplant
(Montreal, Quebec) |
| 1974 |
|
Bone marrow
transplant (Toronto, Ontario) |
| 1983 |
|
First heart-lung
transplant in Canada (London, Ontario) |
| 1983 |
|
Lung transplant
(Toronto, Ontario), the first successful lung transplant worldwide |
| 1986 |
|
Double lung
transplant (Toronto, Ontario), the first successful double lung
transplant worldwide |
| 1988 |
|
Liver-bowel
transplant (London, Ontario), the first successful liver-bowel
transplant worldwide |
| 1993 |
|
Living-related liver
transplant (London, Ontario), the first time in Canada when a mom
donates
a portion of her liver to her son |
| 1995 |
|
Pig liver tissue is
used temporarily to keep a patient alive until a human liver became
available
for transplant (Montreal, Quebec) |
| 1999 |
|
First double lung
transplant using living donors (2 people each donated part of a lung to
the
recipient) (Winnipeg, Manitoba) |
| 2000 |
|
First adult-to-adult
living liver transplant done in Canada (London, Ontario) |
