More than 150 doctors perform organ transplant miracles on the day of the Year of the Dragon

On February 10, the 108 Military Central Hospital (108 Hospital) announced the successful removal and transplantation of multiple organs from a brain-dead donor. In which, doctors removed and transplanted 8 organs including: heart, liver, kidney, kidney-pancreas, 2 hands, 2 corneas.

Notably, among the organs taken and transplanted, two organs were performed for the first time at Hospital 108: heart transplant and kidney-pancreas transplant. At the same time, lungs were taken and coordinated with the Central Lung Hospital to perform a lung transplant on a patient with severe lung damage.

Doctors pay tribute to brain-dead people who donate organs and tissues

Major General, Professor, Doctor Le Huu Song, Director of Hospital 108, said that before that, the hospital received a male patient (26 years old) with severe brain injury due to a traffic accident. Doctors and nurses tried their best to treat and actively resuscitate the patient to find a chance to live, but luck did not come to the patient... After 3 days of treatment, the patient was diagnosed with brain death. After receiving information about the patient's condition and with a charitable and humanitarian heart, the patient's family agreed to donate tissues and organs to save the lives of many other critically ill patients.

Doctors prepare to remove multiple tissues and organs

Immediately afterwards, on the evening of February 8 (December 29), Hospital 108 urgently held a consultation with leading experts to develop a plan for multi-organ and tissue harvesting and transplantation that ensures safety, strictness, science, and compliance with regulations on organ and tissue harvesting and transplantation.

Then, in about 11 hours, the hospital's doctors and nurses successfully performed simultaneous removal and transplantation of multiple tissues and organs for the patient. "For this major surgery, the hospital was completely proactive in organizing, coordinating and implementing. The hospital mobilized more than 150 staff members to participate, including experts from various specialties, agencies in charge of organization, coordination, logistics, equipment, information technology, social work... to simultaneously remove and transplant tissues and organs, including: heart, lungs, liver, kidney, pancreas, limbs, cornea and carefully organize the funeral for the brain-dead patient who donated multiple tissues and organs," Major General, Professor, Dr. Le Huu Song shared.

Doctors performing a liver transplant

According to the leader of Hospital 108, among the above transplant cases, simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant is considered the most complicated technique, requiring careful assessment and preparation before transplant regarding the indications and compatibility between the donor and recipient. Any small mistake during pancreatic surgery can greatly affect other organs and endanger the recipient.

In particular, the patient had to undergo a very complicated post-operative process with many risks and possible complications. However, to prepare for this transplant, the units in Hospital 108 coordinated closely and made the best preparations for both the donor and the recipient. The patient receiving the kidney and pancreas has been treated and monitored continuously at the hospital for over a year now, ensuring that it is always ready for transplantation when a donor is available.

The first heart transplant at Hospital 108 was successfully performed.

On the afternoon of the 30th of Tet, the first heartbeats of the heart recipients were running on the continuous monitoring screen (monitor), along with other tissues and organs gradually reviving in the bodies of patients receiving livers, kidneys, kidney - pancreas, limbs, in the joy and happiness of the doctors... "Maybe this is the 30th of Tet that only happens once in a lifetime for a doctor of Hospital 108 like me, ending the old year to continue a new year, starting with many lives being reborn", Major General, Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Nguyen Son, former Deputy Director of Hospital 108 emotionally expressed.

Doctors at Hospital 108 prepare to preserve and coordinate lungs for the Central Lung Hospital.

Meanwhile, regarding the patient who received a lung transplant, the leader of the Central Lung Hospital said that this was a young patient with a rare disease, severe damage to both lungs with a poor prognosis. However, after 6 hours, the total lung transplant for the patient was successfully completed, on the night of the 30th of Tet, the patient regained consciousness and no longer needed to use the artificial heart-lung system (ECMO). On the first day of the Lunar New Year 2024, the patient was removed from the ventilator, conscious and able to talk to the doctors and nurses, to the overwhelming joy of the doctors and the patient's family.

NGUYEN QUOC

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/hon-150-thay-thuoc-lap-ky-tich-ve-ghep-tang-trong-ngay-tet-giap-thin-post726457.html