The patient Đ.V.H (41 years old) has discovered long -lasting relaxing myocardial disease, the heart function decreased over time with the liver, kidneys and other organs.
A week ago, the patient was hospitalized at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital in a state of heart failure.On September 30, 2024, patients with loss of heart failure, not responding to conventional treatments, especially the situation of acute liver failure, kidney function, which is also affected.
Mr. H has serious blood coagulation, life is calculated by day.Patients must use artificial cardi cardiography instead of heart function, liver filter instead of liver function.The only way to save the patient's life is to replace the heart and the liver at the same time.
Organ transplant patient is recovering well.(Photo BVCC)
Fortunately, at that time, Viet Duc Friendship Hospital received information from Nghe An General Friendship Hospital with a patient of severe brain injury and no longer hope to live.The patient's family wishes to donate organs of relatives.
Upon receiving the information, Viet Duc Friendship Hospital sent a group to increase resuscitation for patients, assess brain death and organs in the case of being able to get organs.At noon on October 1, 2024, doctors determined that patients with brain death and patients could be used to transplant for other patients.
Solving the problem of heart - liver transplant at the same time full of difficulties
According toDr.BS Duong Duc Hung - Chairman of the Science Council of Viet Duc HospitalThis is really a surgery that needs to consider situations due to the liver - heart - kidneys of the patient who are weakened at a very severe stage, the risk of death is high if not transplanted.The simultaneous transplant problem for the patient is very difficult, but the doctors decide to still conduct grafts to bring hope for the patient.
Doctors of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital have been divided into 2 groups.One group stays to help Nghe An General Friendship Hospital simultaneously implemented two kidney transplantation at Nghe An General Hospital, the other group quickly urgently taken the organs to the Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.After 3 and a half hours of moving, the Tibet was taken to Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.The new heart and liver have been implanted into the patient's body.After 8 hours of surgery, the graft heart began to beat again.
After the graft, the patient was transferred to the recovery room and special care.After 36 hours, the liver -heart functions have gradually recovered.
Especially the new heart has completely replaced the broken heart, the liver function gradually better.The patient was given intubation, alert.Currently, the patient can talk, contact and eat again.The patient's heart function is good daily, the liver function recovers almost returning to normal, bile is secreted with good quality.
This is the first time in the history of Vietnamese medicine, doctors have successfully conducted a heart -liver transplantation at the same time on a patient.