Five liver transplants in 36 hours at Molinette in Turin

Five liver transplants in 36 hours, between Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October, at the Molinette hospital in Turin. The team directed by Professor Renato Romagnoli operated without interruption, from 8am on Friday to 8pm the following day, transplanting four livers into five patients thanks also to the split technique, which allows the organ of a donor to be divided into two parts. Among the recipients is a 22-month-old Turin child suffering from a rare malignant liver tumor. All patients are hospitalized in the semi-intensive surgical area of ​​the Transplant Center and their conditions are progressively improving.

The sequence of operations began with a 44-year-old Ligurian woman, suffering from hepato-renal polycystosis, who had been waiting for a combined liver and kidney transplant for over three years. After the liver transplant, the kidney transplant was performed the following day, thanks to a perfusion system that allowed the organ to be preserved.

Then it was the turn of the 22-month-old child, who had already undergone cycles of chemotherapy at the Regina Margherita hospital. The liver of an adult donor was divided into two parts: the smaller one was transplanted to the child, while the other was intended for a 62-year-old woman from Turin, suffering from liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.

On Saturday morning, a 24-year-old girl from the Pinerolo area underwent surgery, having been waiting for a transplant for over a year for an autoimmune liver disease. The latest surgery involved a 58-year-old man, also suffering from cirrhosis and liver cancer.