China News Service, Taiyuan, September 24th (Fan Lifang and Xu Wenhui) Mr. Li did not expect that on the 36th Mid-Autumn Festival after his birth, he would once again be "connected by blood" with his 56-year-old mother by means of "cross-blood kidney transplantation". .

　　Mr. Li is a native of Changzhi, Shanxi. He was diagnosed with chronic glomerulonephritis and renal insufficiency 12 years ago. He has not been treated regularly. At the time of reexamination two years ago, his blood creatinine had increased to 3000umol/L (male normal value 53-106umol/L) ), and then began hemodialysis treatment in the local hospital. "The doctor said that if a kidney transplant is not performed, life-long dialysis is required, life is inconvenient, and life expectancy will be shortened."

　　There is a shortage of organ donations in China, and sometimes it takes several years to wait for the source of the kidney. Ms. Hu's mother sees her son being tortured every day by illness and makes a decision, "As long as I can save him, I am willing to donate a kidney."

The staff gave Mr. Li Mid-Autumn Festival blessings and wished him a speedy recovery.

Photo by Xu Wenhui

　　Not long ago, the mother and son came to Shanxi Bethune Hospital for treatment.

However, after examination, Ms. Hu has blood type AB and Mr. Li has blood type A.

If kidney transplantation is performed directly, hyperacute rejection and hemolysis may occur.

　　According to Wang Zhenxing, executive director of the Organ Transplant Center of Shanxi Bethune Hospital, in the past, blood type incompatibility was considered a "forbidden zone" for kidney transplantation. He tried ABO blood type incompatible donor kidney transplantation and gained some experience, but limited to the technical difficulty and not very mature yet, it has not been widely carried out yet.

　　Relying on Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital decided to perform cross-blood kidney transplantation for Mr. Li and his mother after consulting a large amount of information, multi-party argumentation and discussion.

Three plasma exchanges were performed before the operation to reduce Mr. Li's blood group antibody titer to a safe range.

The picture shows the operation.

Photo by Xu Wenhui

　　September 21, the Mid-Autumn Festival of the lunar calendar.

At 8 o'clock that day, under the guidance of Zeng Fanjun, the resident expert of Tongji Hospital and director of the organ transplantation center, and Wang Zhenxing, executive director of the organ transplantation center, began to perform kidney surgery for Ms. Hu; at 10 o'clock, Mr. Li underwent a cross-blood living donor transplant operation.

The mother's kidney is put into the son's body, and the mother and son are once again "connected by blood."

　　"After opening the anastomosed blood vessel during the operation, the transplanted kidney has already started to function." Wang Zhenxing said. When he saw Mr. Li excrete urine, everyone was happy for the mother and child.

　　According to reports, at present, the mother and son are still undergoing rehabilitation in the intensive care unit. Ms. Hu has basically recovered. Mr. Li's daily urine output is normal, his blood creatinine index is gradually decreasing, and there are no serious complications such as rejection and abnormal coagulation.

This is also the first time that Shanxi Bethune Hospital, as a national regional medical center, has carried out cross-blood kidney transplantation after its organ transplantation center was established.

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