NC man receives state's first abdominal wall transplant at Duke Hospital

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Channel: The News & Observer · 2018 · News & Politics

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Johnathan Nauta, 37, of Fayetteville, N.C. received an abdominal wall transplant in a 14-hour operation, which involved a team of 25 physicians, nurses and support staff. It was the first transplant of its kind in North Carolina. The organ donor was Marcus Scales, 13, of Rockingham County who died on Oct. 10, 2018.

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