From one organ donation, four lives were given a new lease of life.

The 48-year-old man did not survive a traffic accident, but he left behind an invaluable gift for medicine. His heart and liver were transplanted to many critically ill patients in Hanoi and Hue, opening up a chance of survival for those on the brink of death.

The organ donor was a 48-year-old patient who was admitted to the hospital on May 22nd in critical condition after a traffic accident. During transport, the patient experienced multiple cardiac arrests. Despite successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the severe brain damage led to the patient being declared brain dead on May 27th.

Faced with such a profound loss, the family made a humane decision by agreeing to organ donation, fulfilling the patient's dying wish. This act of kindness has opened up a chance at life for patients teetering on the brink of death.

On the morning of May 28th, the Central Military Hospital 108 held a consultation meeting with leading experts, chaired by Lieutenant General, Professor, and Doctor Le Huu Song, Director of the hospital. The entire organ transplant coordination system was activated: the right liver lobe was transplanted to a 46-year-old male patient with acute liver failure on a background of chronic hepatitis B; the left liver lobe was transferred to Hue Central Hospital for transplantation to a one-year-old child; and the heart was transplanted to a 58-year-old male patient with end-stage heart failure.

The heart transplant recipient presented with end-stage heart failure with severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (EF), approximately 20%, and was closely monitored within the intensive heart failure management program of the Department of Cardiology.

The return of a heartbeat to the chest is a significant moment for both the patient and the doctors and nurses involved in the surgery.

According to Lieutenant Colonel, Doctor Nguyen Thi Kieu Ly - Deputy Head of the Department of Cardiology, Central Military Hospital 108, patients with end-stage heart failure always face the risk of dangerous ventricular arrhythmias, progressive kidney failure, thrombosis, stroke, and multiple organ failure. Even a single severe acute heart failure episode can cost a patient the chance of a heart transplant.

At 8:30 AM on May 29th, the multi-organ transplant surgery began. As the surgeon directly performing the heart transplant, Lieutenant Colonel, Doctor Ngo Tuan Anh - Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department - stated that the recipient's prolonged heart failure, enlarged heart, and hemodynamic instability after the transplant posed an extremely high risk. Furthermore, the donor had many incompatibilities with the recipient, making the possibility of right ventricular failure immediately after the transplant very concerning. The team had prepared contingency plans for all possible complications.

After the efforts of the entire team, at 11:50 AM, the first heartbeat was heard in the new chest cavity. At the same time, a liver transplant was being performed at Military Central Hospital 108, and the left liver lobe was urgently transferred to Hue Central Hospital for transplantation into a pediatric patient.

The liver transplant was performed at Military Central Hospital 108.

A liver from a brain-dead donor has given two lives a new lease on life. This is considered one of the most complex techniques in liver transplantation, requiring surgeons to accurately assess liver anatomy and vascular and biliary variations; calculate the graft volume to ensure adequate function after transplantation; and coordinate seamlessly between the organ retrieval team, the liver splitting team, and the two liver transplant teams.

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