After kidney transplantation, the 44-reat Ms Chen recently developed a huge abdominal aortic aneurysm, with a size of 8.1cmX13.6cm. She was in critical condition and required immediate surgery.
To remove an abdominal aortic aneurysm, doctors need to block the bilateral common iliac artery blood supply. However, it would affect the blood supply to the patient's transplanted kidney, increasing the risk of dysfunction of the transplanted kidney. At this time, a difficult problem was placed before doctors.
Preoperative discussion.
The vascular team of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (FAH-SYSU) and kidney transplant team used mechanical perfusion at room temperature to allow the transplanted kidney have an uninterrupted blood flow, while resecting the huge abdominal aortic aneurysm and replacing the artificial blood vessel. It avoids ischemia-reperfusion injury in the transplanted kidney.
In surgery.
After the operation, color ultrasound examination and renal function test showed that the patient's transplanted kidney function was normal, and at present, the patient has recovered.
This is the world's first clinically implemented in vivo organ isolation protection treatment. It is also another breakthrough in clinical practice in the organs theory proposed by Professor He Xiaoshun, chief of Department of Organ Transplantation of FAH-SYSU.
Author | Clarice, Hannah
Editor | Wing, Steve, Abby, Jerry
