The two patients in urgent need of liver transplants in the hospital before accepting the other family members under anastomosis live liver blood donation, operation was successful. This is the first cases of liver transplants from living the "crossover" surgery.
[/]: Responsible for the operation of the Queen Mary Hospital on 19 January press conference. According to reports, two patients and Mr. Mr. suffer from chronic liver cirrhosis and acute liver failure, liver transplantation is required to accept, and their wives and their aunt's living liver donor commitments, but blood type does not match. Subsequently the Hospital found that both patients and others willing to donate blood group of the liver, the families in 13 January arrange for liver transplants "crossover" surgery.
In charge of the operation of the Hong Kong University Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and liver transplant surgery Director LU pet Mau said at a press conference, the incompatibility of a liver transplant survival rate of only 40%, and if the blood type with a success rate significantly improved. He said that at present the main Hong Kong liver disease patients waiting for cadaveric liver transplantation or donate by relatives live liver, but the former supply shortage, the latter of which is 20% of cases because of the blood type does not correspond to transplantation, liver transplants "crossover" programme can bring another patient.
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