Successful year for Vietnamâs organ transplant activities
Vietnam has marked a new imprint in the world medical map with the successful performance of the worldâs first limb transplant from a live donor by doctors of the Central Military Hospital 108.
Patient Pham Van Vuong, who received a limb transplant surgery,
is undergoing physical therapy to improve his range of movement (Photo: VNA)
Throughout 2020, Vietnamese doctors conducted a series of special transplants, including two bowel transplants from live donors, considered one of the most difficult organ transplantation techniques.
A record number of 23 organs â three hearts, four livers, and 16 kidneys - were transplanted within 13 days at the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital, while five liver transplants were operated in one week by doctors of the Central Military Hospital 108.