[oincobx]

>>>But these bureaucrats seem paralyzed from being able to breach a line which... who invented it anyhow? Doctors in private practice?

Transplant policy in the US is made and administered by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network working with the United Network for Organ Sharing under contract with HHS. OPTN has expert committees that draft proposals and submit them for public comment. Back in 2005 they decided the risks of transplanting adult lungs into children younger than twelve outweighed the benefits.

[Errant]

Back in 2005 they decided...

Things change... That was 8, almost 9 years ago. A very long time in the medical field.

[HiTech RedNeck]

And then eight years passed and nobody thought to update it yet. Maybe this falls in the debatable area, but if all concerned directly with the proposed procedure are copacetic with it (even the ailing girl)... why not, for a set of lungs that would otherwise get tossed.