When a kidney transplant died of cancer ...

First case of death of the donor agencies registered in the UK. I decided to give a kidney to a relative of the man died a few hours after surgery.

In the history of medicine in this country has not been a single instance of the following operations Organ Transplantation   dying is not the recipient, and the donor. But that's what happened in the days of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. The man, whose name is not called, participated in related kidney transplantation.

Even during surgery, doctors noticed that his kidney, he was going to give a loved one, there is a small local cancerous tumor. Himself donor had no idea that he had cancer. Instead, transplant surgeons have performed the surgical removal of the tumor, which was successful. However, the man from anesthesia and did not leave. He died a few hours in the emergency room because of a massive heart attack. And his relative never received the coveted kidneys.

The unfortunate recipient, who had been lying in the operating room ready, the doctors said that the operation will not be, as the donor died. The news came as shocking to the patient that he almost had a heart attack from the excitement. "This is a very tragic situation, - says a source in the hospital. - It is obvious that the cancellation of operations Organ Transplantation   at a time when both the donor and recipient were already lying on the table in the operating room was bad news. But far greater shock caused a quick death of the donor, who died shortly after the operation. "

In the same hospital doctors over the last year carried out 50 successful kidney transplants. This operation is considered to be sufficiently safe, because for the past 10 years the country has not been a single death related to   kidney transplantation . However, kidney donors always have warned that they are putting themselves at risk when they decide to send their authority.

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