世界第一例青少年人工心脏移植手术获成功

根据法新社 - 罗马 (AEP) 10 月 2 日星期六消息，意大利医生为一个 15 岁男孩成功地进行了人造心脏移植手术。医院称这是世界第一例青少年人工心脏移植手术。

在周四于罗马的巴比 - 歌苏儿童医院里，对男孩的心脏外科手术进行了 10 小时，获得成功， 手术是非常 “ 谨慎 ” 的。

在一份声明中说，医院说： “ 这是第一次在一个青少年病人身上进行的在胸腔内的永久性的人造心脏移植手术。到目前为止这种类型的移植手术都是在成年人身上进行的。 ”

通常， 人工心脏用于暂时代用目的，以等待适当的人体器官移植。 但那个男孩病况已十分严重，不能够再继续等待下去。
 
移植的人工心脏是四厘米（ 1.6 英寸）宽，重达 400 克（ 14 盎司），并采取特别处理措施，以减少移植后感染的危险。

医院说： “ 根据世界上报道的所有可能出现的问题及解决方案中， 受感染风险是导致手术失败的主要原因 ” 。

这个外科手术 ” 开创了心脏外科的新时代，为需要心脏移植手术的心脏病人带来了生命希望的福音，特别是对那些类似星期四的病人，这些病人由于临床原因而不能接受捐赠心脏。 “

Italian doctors give teenager artificial heart: hospital

Sat Oct 2, 2:40 PM

ROME (AFP) - Doctors in Italy implanted an artificial heart into a 15-year-old boy on Saturday, the first time the procedure has been performed on a child, the hospital said.

Heart surgeons at Rome's Bambino Gesu Children?s Hospital carried out the 10-hour breakthrough operation on Thursday, and the hospital said it was "cautious" over the boy's condition.

"A permanent artificial heart in the inside of the chest was implanted for the first time on an (adolescent) patient. So far this type of implant has only taken place on adults," said the hospital in a statement.

Artificial hearts are usually used on a temporary basis for patients awaiting a suitable human transplant, but the boy suffered from an illness that made a long wait impossible.

The artificial heart is four centimetres (1.6 inches) wide and weighs 400 grammes (14 ounces), and special measures were taken to reduce the risk of infection.

"The risk of infection represents the primary cause of failure of alternative solutions attempted to date worldwide," said the hospital.

The procedure "opened new therapeutic perspectives and hope for life for all patients with cardiac illnesses for whom a transplant is needed, especially for those like Thursday's patient who cannot receive a donated heart for clinical reasons," the statement said.

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