The baby’s condition has improved since the 14th day after the liver transplant (Photo: plo.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – Doctors of the Vietnam National
Children’s Hospital have successfully conducted a liver transplant on a
one-year-old baby weighing 6.7kg – the youngest and lightest patient to undergo
this surgery in Vietnam so far.
Doctor Nguyen Pham Anh Hoa, head of the
hospital’s hepatobiliary department, said the patient was diagnosed with
Type 2 when she was three
months old.
She had been hospitalised due to complications
like enlarged liver and spleen, yellow skin and liver failure, but treatment
was ineffective. Therefore, an early liver transplant was necessary, the doctor
noted.
The transplant of a liver part from the father
to his baby lasted for 12 hours in total on April 1 with the support of
Taiwanese experts.
Doctors said a liver transplant on a 6.7kg baby
was a challenge, especially in connecting very small blood vessels in the
patient’s liver and avoiding affecting nearby organs.
The 13 days following the surgery were filled with
difficulties that could have necessitated another
operation, but the baby’s condition has improved since the 14th day.
The said it
has carried out 14 so far.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
