Dr Trinh Huu Tung (standing), Director of the (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The Children’s
Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City has successfully performed an autologous stem
cell transplant on the smallest patient so far – a 32-month-old girl suffering
from severe neuroblastoma (NB).
According to Dr Trinh Huu Tung, Director of the
hospital, the patient, from the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, was
hospitalised last June with severe abdominal
pain and malnutrition. Without a hematopoietic stem-cell transplant, the
survival rate was only 12 percent.
The patient received an
on December 20. Sixteen days after the surgery, she was discharged from the
hospital in good health. At her first post-surgery examination, she showed good
signs of recovery.
The 32-month-old girl at her first post-surgery examination (Photo: VNA)This is the first time the hospital has performed such
a surgery on a small child with serious health conditions, Tung said, adding
that each year the hospital treats about 40 children suffering from NB.
The hospital has built a which
became operational last December, he said./.
Source: VietnamPlus
