Hanyang University Hospital Liver Transplant Team Successfully Performs Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplantation

From the left, Kyung-sik Kim, Professor of Surgery at Hanyang University Hospital, and Ji-yoon Choi, Professor of Surgery at Hanyang University Hospital.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] Hanyang University Hospital announced on the 16th that a surgery to simultaneously transplant a liver and kidney from a brain-dead organ donor was successfully performed, and the patient is recovering healthily.

The simultaneous transplant was carried out on April 26, with Professor Kim Kyung-sik of the Department of Surgery performing the liver transplant and Professor Choi Ji-yoon of the Department of Surgery performing the kidney transplant.

The patient, diagnosed with diabetes seven years ago, began experiencing urinary disorders six months before the surgery and showed symptoms of jaundice one month prior to the surgery but did not receive treatment. Later, the patient was hospitalized due to acute liver failure and renal failure and maintained life in the intensive care unit with hemodialysis and vasopressors.

About four months after the simultaneous transplant surgery, the hospital explained that the patient's organ functions are operating normally and the patient is recovering health through specialized care.

Professor Kim Kyung-sik, who was in charge of the liver transplant, said, "The success of this simultaneous transplant and the patient's rapid recovery were the result of the multidisciplinary cooperation system, where specialists from surgery, internal medicine, radiology, and other departments worked together for the patient's recovery, not just the surgery."

The liver transplant team at Hanyang University Hospital performs donor liver resection surgery 100% laparoscopically.