In Krasnoyarsk, for the first time in the Urals, they conducted bone marrow transplantation / News of the Society of Krasnoyarsk and Krasnoyarsk Territory / Newslab.ru

In Krasnoyarsk, in the regional center for the protection of motherhood and childhood, an allogene bone marrow transplantation was carried out for the first time. Such an operation was previously performed only in medical centers of the European part of the country and the Urals.

In Krasnoyarsk, the first patient was a 6-year-old girl with acute leukemia. The operation itself took place more than two months ago, but in the perinatal center they did not talk about it until they were convinced of success.

“This significant event became possible thanks to the joint work of doctors of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and specialists of the country's leading clinics. The operation was carried out by a team of experienced hematologists, children's oncologists, surgeons, anesthesiologists-resuscitators and other specialists led by the chief doctor of the center. For more than two months, the center retained silence so that today it could be said that transplantation was successful. Now the girl feels good, she has reached complete remission. On the 30th and 60th day, the bone marrow analysis was taken to study chimmerism (the ratio of donor and own cells for the storage of engagement). The girl has a complete donor Himmerism. The center’s specialists continue to monitor her condition, ”the institution said.”

Before starting to perform such operations, Krasnoyarsk doctors for a long time They adopted experience in large federal medical institutions. After all, allogene bone marrow transplantation is a complex multi -stage process that includes preoperative chemotherapy, transplantation itself and subsequent recovery period. A completely compatible donor was not identified in the girl’s family, but this was found in the federal register, and he agreed to the procedure.

“After the donor agreed to collect the cells of his bone marrow, the patient begins to prepare for transplantation and conduct intensive chemotherapy, as a result of which he completely dies the hematopoietic and immune systems. The donor’s refusal after the start of this process entails the death of a patient awaiting bone marrow transplant. Therefore, agreeing to become a real bone marrow donor, it is necessary to understand the seriousness and responsibility of this procedure, ”the Ministry of Health said.