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1st combined heart-lung transplant in Japan successfully held in Osaka
OSAKA, Jan. 18 Kyodo -
The first combined transplantation of a heart and lungs in Japan was
successfully completed Saturday at Osaka University Hospital using organs from
a man who had been certified as brain dead, and the patient is in stable
condition, the hospital said.
The heart and lungs of the man in his 30s, who was pronounced brain dead Friday
at Hyogo Emergency Medical Center in Kobe where he was being treated for head
injuries, were transplanted to another man in his 30s at the hospital in Suita,
Osaka Prefecture.
The operation, which began shortly after the arrival of the organs at the Osaka
hospital around 5:20 p.m., was completed at 11:50 p.m. ''The heart and
respiratory organs (of the patient) are in stable condition,'' Osaka University
professor Yoshiki Sawa said at a news conference.
Earlier in the day, the brain-dead man's heart and lungs were removed together
in an operation at the Hyogo medical center. The organs, put in a cool box,
were transported to Osaka University Hospital by a taxi led by a police car for
transplant in a man suffering from Eisenmenger's Syndrome, a combination of
serious heart and lung disorders.
In addition, the donor's liver was removed for transplantation to a man in his
50s in Fukuoka, the pancreas and one kidney to a woman in her 40s in Tokyo, and
the other kidney to a man in his 50s in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
The donor had indicated his willingness to provide his small intestine as well,
but the network said it could not match the organ with a prospective recipient.
It is the 79th case in Japan in which a brain-dead person's organs have been
transplanted based on the Organ Transplant Law, which came into effect in
October 1997.
According to the network, combined transplantation of the heart and lungs can
be carried out only when it is determined that each of the donor's organs is
suitable for a patient chosen from a waiting list for the multiple-organ
transplant.
Registration for patients wanting to undergo a heart-lung transplant began in
2003, but the network has had to give up arranging such an operation in the
past as suitability could not be confirmed.
The network said there are about 120 patients waiting for a heart transplant
and around the same number of people seeking a lung transplant, while four,
including the scheduled recipient at Osaka University Hospital, are waiting for
both organs.
==Kyodo
The first combined transplantation of a heart and lungs in Japan was
successfully completed Saturday at Osaka University Hospital using organs from
a man who had been certified as brain dead, and the patient is in stable
condition, the hospital said.
The heart and lungs of the man in his 30s, who was pronounced brain dead Friday
at Hyogo Emergency Medical Center in Kobe where he was being treated for head
injuries, were transplanted to another man in his 30s at the hospital in Suita,
Osaka Prefecture.
The operation, which began shortly after the arrival of the organs at the Osaka
hospital around 5:20 p.m., was completed at 11:50 p.m. ''The heart and
respiratory organs (of the patient) are in stable condition,'' Osaka University
professor Yoshiki Sawa said at a news conference.
Earlier in the day, the brain-dead man's heart and lungs were removed together
in an operation at the Hyogo medical center. The organs, put in a cool box,
were transported to Osaka University Hospital by a taxi led by a police car for
transplant in a man suffering from Eisenmenger's Syndrome, a combination of
serious heart and lung disorders.
In addition, the donor's liver was removed for transplantation to a man in his
50s in Fukuoka, the pancreas and one kidney to a woman in her 40s in Tokyo, and
the other kidney to a man in his 50s in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
The donor had indicated his willingness to provide his small intestine as well,
but the network said it could not match the organ with a prospective recipient.
It is the 79th case in Japan in which a brain-dead person's organs have been
transplanted based on the Organ Transplant Law, which came into effect in
October 1997.
According to the network, combined transplantation of the heart and lungs can
be carried out only when it is determined that each of the donor's organs is
suitable for a patient chosen from a waiting list for the multiple-organ
transplant.
Registration for patients wanting to undergo a heart-lung transplant began in
2003, but the network has had to give up arranging such an operation in the
past as suitability could not be confirmed.
The network said there are about 120 patients waiting for a heart transplant
and around the same number of people seeking a lung transplant, while four,
including the scheduled recipient at Osaka University Hospital, are waiting for
both organs.
==Kyodo
