VOV.VN - Doctors working at Viet Duc hospital in Hanoi announced on September 1 that they successfully conducted a fifth lung transplant from a brain-dead donor on a patient who been suffering from interstitial lung disease.
This comes after the patient had been receiving treatment for a long period at various hospitals, during which time his health remained in a very bad condition. In addition, the patient was later transferred to the hospital due to severe symptoms relating to respiratory failure, breathing difficulty, extensive sweating, and exhaustion. Indeed, his only chance of survival was to have a lung transplant.
Fortunately, doctors were able to find a suitable lung that had been donated from a brain-dead victim.
Over the three months, the patient’s health has been in a stable condition.
At present, a total of eight lung transplants have been successfully carried out in the nation, with the latest one being the fifth lung transplant conducted by doctors at Viet Duc Hospital.
Doctors at the 108 Military Central Hospital announced on March 16 that they successfully performed the first lung transplant from a brain dead donor in Vietnam, marking a huge step forward in the tissue and organ transplant field of military doctors, opening more opportunities for patients in Vietnam with dangerous diseases.
For the first time Vietnamese doctors successfully performed a lung transplant from two living donors. The transplant was conducted at the Military Hospital 103, in co-ordination with doctors from the Vietnam Military Medical Academy and Japanese experts.
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