[Explanation] The press conference of Hubei's first lung transplant surgery in 2021 will be held in Wuhan Union Hospital on February 4.

According to reports, the hospital's transplantation expert team took 5 hours and 40 minutes to successfully replace the lungs of an elderly man in his 60s. The elderly can get out of bed 18 hours after surgery.

At present, the patient has been transferred to the general ward and is expected to be discharged in one week.

  [Explanation] Patient Jiang Daddy is 67 years old this year. On August 4, 2020, he was found to have chronic severe obstructive pulmonary disease, decompensated, and type II respiratory failure.

  [Concurrent] Jiang Ning, father and son

  The most serious situation is that you can't do without oxygen, and then if you move, that means you need oxygen, you just can't move.

  [Explanation] After pre-consultation with multidisciplinary experts in the Department of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery of Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital, lung transplantation is the only opportunity for Jiang's father.

  [Concurrent] Liao Yongde, Director of Thoracic Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital

  He is complicated by respiratory failure, and such respiratory function is irreversible, which means that it becomes a terminal lung. In addition to lung transplantation, he cannot use other treatments to restore his lung function.

  [Explanation] After 1 month of medication adjustment in the Department of Respiratory Medicine of Union Hospital, Dad Jiang has been waiting for a lung replacement.

In January 2021, a 28-year-old man with a severe head injury in Tianjin willing to donate his lungs. The quality of the donor lungs is good.

  [Explanation] On the afternoon of January 28, under the full collaboration of a medical team of more than 20 people including thoracic surgery, anesthesiology, operating room and ICU, after 5 hours and 40 minutes, with fresh lungs, they began to be in Jiang's chest cavity One piece together, the operation went smoothly and the vital signs during the operation were stable.

  [Concurrent] Liao Yongde, Director of Thoracic Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital

  What is the concept of 5 hours and 40 minutes, that is, the patient was cut off from Tianjin, and the donor lung was transplanted to the patient in Wuhan. It only took 5 hours and 40 minutes. This is better than normal lung transplantation. The time is more accurate. This is the case, the obvious shortening, which also plays a very important role in our rapid recovery after surgery.

  [Explanation] The patient has successfully removed the tracheal intubation 12 hours after the operation, with normal vital signs, can get out of bed 18 hours after the operation, and is in a good state of mind.

  [Concurrent] Liao Yongde, Director of Thoracic Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital

  (Postoperative) Getting out of bed within 18 hours can be said to be basically the same as our ordinary surgery. Then, within 24 hours after surgery, he can get out of bed for functional exercises, so he is still recovering quickly. So now he is less than a week after the operation, and he can already be transferred to the general ward, and now he can take care of himself, can do some jogging, these other activities are all right.

  Reporter Zou Hao reports from Wuhan, Hubei

Editor in charge: [Liu Pai]