December 6, 2011

In Świecko Karolinska University held the world's first operation Transplant   grown trachea .

Artificial trachea transplant that has been treated stem cells   patient, occurred this summer. We made her 36-year-old man, who as a result of a large tumor   this body there was a threat of death: the tumor grew to the bronchi and has already started to restrict breathing a little patient.

12:00 doctors struggled for the health of the patient, and as a result they have removed unhealthy portion of the trachea and replaced it farmed. By the way, the site of the trachea was made especially for the patient and to take your measurements using 3D scanning. To remove these specific measurements have helped scientists to Stockholm from London colleagues. On the basis of computer model made by using the scanner, doctors created glass frame, which is then surrounded by stem cells of the patient, after which they were formed airways.

The professor, who oversees the operation, noted that this technique has clear advantages over the classical basics Transplantation . This is due to many factors, primarily to the fact that after the transplantation the patient need not take immunosuppressive drugs Because of its cell body is not perceived as a foreign body. Importantly, this method does not require donor organs, the waiting time which often exceeds possible. Also positive aspect is the fact that the artificially grown organs can create any size, even for children.

Sergei Gauthier, chief transplant Russia, also noted the uniqueness of the new method Western colleagues, recognizing it is very promising. "We hope that this method will be used for all possible bodies, and not only for the trachea. Today in Russia, high hopes for this section surgery, we also trying to develop the development of artificial organs, and is now working on the liver, "- said Sergey Gaultier.