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Slovenia's University Clinical Centre completes dual lung transplant in single day breakthrough.

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The Slovenian medical community celebrated a historic achievement on March 21 as the UKC Ljubljana successfully performed two simultaneous organ transplants within hours of each other, marking one such event per patient for both recipients during this specific timeframe to ensure optimal surgical conditions and recovery protocols were followed throughout the procedure.

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    On March 21 at the University Clinical Centre in Ljubljana, two lung transplantations were successfully performed on a single day.
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    This simultaneous double procedure represents an exceptional achievement for UKC's organ transplantation team and is highlighted as their best result to date.
March 21 "UK C"Ljubjana successfully performed two lung transplantations in a single day.