In Grodno University Hospital conducted a four-hundredth kidney transplant

The Grodno University Hospital has performed the 400th kidney transplant and is preparing to start performing liver transplant operations. This was reported in the medical institution, BelTA writes.

The donor body was delivered from Mogilev region in compliance with all necessary conditions.

The four-hundredth patient of Grodno transplantologists was a villager from Mostovsky district. Over the past year, she came to the clinic three times a week for hemodialysis. The transplant proposal was readily accepted. Now the operation is over, the woman continues treatment in the department of organ and tissue transplantation, plastic and endocrine surgery. She also celebrated her 60th birthday here.

I live in the village and worked in the local economy before my illness. When kidney problems began, she received first aid in Mostovo District Hospital. Everything was organized there when it became clear that it was impossible to do without hemodialysis. Three times a week, a car was sent for me in the morning, although from the district center to us more than 30 km. Then from the Bridges, everyone who needs such support was brought to the university clinic, the patient said.

The first kidney transplant at the university clinic was performed in February 2013. That patient of Grodno transplantologists has been happily living with a donor kidney for 13 years. Issues of transplantation in the university clinic is handled by a specialized department, and the technique of kidney transplantation is owned by most doctors working here.

Preparations are underway to begin liver transplantation. In addition to transplantation, the department deals with surgical treatment of diseases of the pancreas, hepatobillary and endocrine systems, plastic surgery, and many operations are performed laparoscopically.