A 26-year-old Krasnoyarsk resident with multiple foci of cancer received a liver transplant in a regional hospital.

The Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Hospital performed a liver transplant on a 26-year-old man with multiple foci of cancer.

The Krasnoyarsk resident underwent chemotherapy at an oncology clinic, but it only allowed him to gain time. The only chance for life was an organ transplant.

When the department’s specialists received a signal about the appearance of a donor with a suitable blood type, the process was launched instantly. The visiting team collected the liver, and an hour later the patient was taken to the operating room.

Due to the cancer diagnosis, surgeons had to additionally remove lymph nodes. At the same time, on the next table, the donor organ was being prepared for transplantation.

The operation lasted 400 minutes. The blood loss was only 500 milliliters, and 300 of them were returned back into the bloodstream using a reinfusion machine. Within a few hours the patient was able to breathe independently, and the next day he was able to get up.

On the 10th day after the transplant, a complication arose – intra-abdominal bleeding. Surgeons urgently performed laparoscopy, and after 15 days the man was discharged home in satisfactory condition. Now the transplanted liver is working well, the patient only complains of increased fatigue.

“Transplantation is purely a team effort. The process of extracting and transplanting one organ involves 20-25 people. Any error at any stage will inevitably affect the result,” emphasized Stanislav Slabnin, head of the department of surgery.

The operation became the first agreed upon transfer of clinical responsibility from the specialists of the oncology clinic to the transplantologists of the regional hospital.

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