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MIRACLE IN MEDICINE: THEY TRANSPLANTED THE HEART THEY TOOK FROM A DEAD MAN BY RUNNING IT
Doctors from the Royal Hospital in England managed to transplant the heart they had taken from a dead person to a 16-year-old boy. By this method, 5 children were given a stopped heart transplant within 10 days.
Doctors from the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the Royal Hospital in England managed to transplant the heart they had taken from a dead person to another patient, 16-year-old AH. Doctors who said the procedure was a hope for hundreds of people waiting for heart transplants said the method could become more common. AH, who had a heart transplant, said she was very happy.
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STANDING HEART OPERATED WITH SPECIAL TECHNIQUE IN 7 HOURS
The procedure, “Posthumous donation (DCD) was carried out within the scope of the program called, while the heart from the lifeless body of the person who agreed to donate his organs in the procedure, 7 hours later with a special technique began to work again. The heart was then transplanted into 16-year-old AH. In addition, 5 children aged between 12 and 16 were given the same method of transplantation.
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I DON’T STOP AND BREATHE ANYMORE
“I can go on long walks, climb mountains, and I don’t have to stop and breathe anymore to do them,” said 14-year-old FH, who underwent a heart transplant using the method applied. Doctors said the procedure offered hope to hundreds of people waiting for heart transplants.
On the other hand, in 2020 in the United States, a transplant of a donated heart to another patient was performed for the first time after heart death.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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