The Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital 2 Monday successfully conducted its fifth liver transplant since 2005, implanting a 16-month-old baby with part of her father’s liver.
The baby girl, Nguyen Trinh Chi Hien, was born with an obstructed bile duct.
Doctors said the father was recovering well after the nine-hour surgery and a close watch was being kept on his daughter.
Doctor Tran Dong A, who pioneered liver transplant surgery at the Children’s Hospital 2, said Hien’s surgery was a challenge because of her poor health.
The surgery had initially been scheduled for last November but had to be delayed after Hien developed asthma and pneumonia.
Doctors have estimated about 40 Vietnamese children need liver transplant each year. Local hospitals, however, can’t meet the demand.
The baby girl, Nguyen Trinh Chi Hien, was born with an obstructed bile duct.
Doctors said the father was recovering well after the nine-hour surgery and a close watch was being kept on his daughter.
Doctor Tran Dong A, who pioneered liver transplant surgery at the Children’s Hospital 2, said Hien’s surgery was a challenge because of her poor health.
The surgery had initially been scheduled for last November but had to be delayed after Hien developed asthma and pneumonia.
Doctors have estimated about 40 Vietnamese children need liver transplant each year. Local hospitals, however, can’t meet the demand.
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