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| December 13, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Alana Semuels

Dec. 13--Michael Strickler has no recollection of what happened after the car he was riding in became airborne and crashed into a tree in July 2001. He woke up in a hospital bed after sustaining severe trauma and internal bleeding. He had lost his gall bladder, spleen and appendix.

Given less than a 1 percent chance of surviving, Strickler was moved from the hospital in his native Latrobe to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In September 2001, he received a small intestine, stomach, pancreas and duodenum transplant. Three years later, he's still going strong.

Strickler is one of the first patients to participate in a…

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