According to the Children's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City, right after receiving information from the 175 Military Hospital with a liver from a brain death on 8.4, the hospital immediately sent a crew to the 175 Military Hospital to take the organs to perform the first liver transplant for children.
Nguyen Tue Nhi (21 months old) is fortunate to suit the liver of the dedicated brain.Previously, babies suffered from cholestasis, hypothyroidism, and jaundice, the index needed liver transplant was 56, which need to be grafted as soon as possible.
At the 175 Military Hospital, the Cabin of Tibet was conducted urgently and methodically with the support of the National Organ Coordination Center, 108 Military Central Hospital, Children's Hospital 2 and Hue Central Hospital.Nearly 100 medical doctors, doctors and technicians participated in taking multiple tissue, organs including: two kidneys, liver (divided into two lobes), heart and two cornea.These parts are transferred to the leading hospitals to promptly transplant for critical patients.
According to Dr. Tran Thanh Tri-Head of the Department of Liver-Liver and Liver transplantation, the Children's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City, taking organs from the donor of the brain transplant to the child has been cherished by doctors for many years, but the implementation is not easy due to legal and humanistic related."I have witnessed many children without family members suitable for organ donation.Organs for children from brain death are very rare and difficult.In 2023, there are only 13 cases of organ donation from brain -dead people, very lucky from the end of 2024 to now, almost every month has a call to notify the donor due to brain death.It is a happy signal," Dr. Thanh Tri added.
Doctors said that performing liver transplantation for children is not simple.Patients with a living person will have a lot of time to prepare, but with a source of organs from people for brain death only 7 hours.
After 3 days of liver transplantation, the patient is awake, stable, no fever and is transferred to the Department of Pancreatic Liver and Liver transplant.
Liver transplantation is the only thorough treatment for patients with end -stage chronic liver disease.With the increasing success, the indications for pediatric liver grafting are also expanded.This leads to an increase in liver demand.Following the trend of organ transplantation of the world and directing from the Board of Directors of Children's Hospital 2, the Department of Pancreatic Liver and Liver transplantation plans to promote transplantation from people for brain death, in order to expand opportunities for patients with end -stage liver disease.This is the first liver transplant from the brain donor at Children's Hospital 2 and also the 50th liver transplant.
“After more than 25 years from the first liver transplant, we have made 50 liver transplants, 34 kidney transplantation.The number of 50 successful liver transplants has just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South, the country's unification (April 30, 1975- 30.4.2025) different, ”said Dr. Pham Ngoc Thach - Deputy Director of Children's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City.
