Thursday, February 10, 2011

Son, daughter donate a kidney donor liver save dying father

 The people of Taiwan a liver donated by his son, daughter, the case of kidney donation have been revived, but also write down the living organ transplantation in Taiwan a new page in medical history. Taichung China Medical University Hospital site to provide a press release three days, said the father of blood type AB, son who has type A right liver, and B-type daughter's left kidney, the other wonders, after twenty-two hours after surgery even true. the hospital on November 7 last year, completed the first case, since the situation well, Mr. Qiu has been discharged patients.
Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, vice president of Long-Bin Jeng pointed out that as the island's sources of brain-dead organ donors has not increased, patients can get a single organ is not easy, not to mention At the same time by two or more organs. In this case, the transplant team successfully broke through the natural mind, the courage to challenge a variety of combined organ transplants, first living in Taiwan have begun to emerge of liver and kidney transplantation, and hepatitis A and B-type kidney donated to the AB-type patients, it is the world's first case.
who lives in Changhua County, the fifty-year-old Qiu With grateful heart, and a son and daughter appeared on the 2nd press conference held in Taichung City. Looking back ten years ago, he intended to chock blood, they find that they are carriers of hepatitis B, five years ago, the health further deteriorate renal failure began. about a month before making transplantation, jaundice, acute liver failure, kidney function decline incoming cross, after five and six dialysis plasma exchange, can not restore the downturn, Qiu immediately into a state of hepatic coma. transplant team held several meetings, discussions, the speedy completion of a pair of assessment of children, decided to take his son's right hepatic type A and type B daughters of the left kidney, to save their father's life. After a marathon surgery, finally completed the .

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