Vietnam Hospitals Achieve Dual lung Transplants And Complex kidney Autotransplant Breakthrough
WORLD NEWS – VIETNAM: In 2025, Bệnh viện Phổi Trung ương mounted a dramatic milestone in national transplantation care by performing two successful lung transplantations on the same day. Both procedures treated patients with end‑stage pulmonary disease using lungs procured from brain‑dead donors at two separate locations. One donor lung required urgent air transport from Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh to Hà Nội to meet critical surgical time windows, underscoring the logistical precision and life‑saving coordination behind the operations. The parallel procedures signal that lung transplantation in Vietnam is moving from occasional experimental cases to a reliably executed, routine element of advanced respiratory care.
At Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108, surgeons showcased another high‑stakes innovation: ex‑vivo kidney repair followed by autotransplantation. A detailed case involved a patient with a large renal artery aneurysm at the renal hilum, a lesion that had previously prompted recommendations for full nephrectomy. Surgical teams removed the kidney laparoscopically, reconstructed the damaged arterial branches using the patient’s own vessels, and then reimplanted the organ into the iliac fossa. The operation, lasting nearly four hours, demanded split‑second precision to limit ischemic injury; postoperative reports indicated the kidney functioned well and the patient recovered quickly without the need for immunosuppression because the graft was autologous.
Together, these achievements highlight rapid maturation in Vietnam’s transplant ecosystem: coordinated organ procurement networks, specialized surgical teams, aviation logistics, and intensive postoperative care. The successful same‑day lung transplants and the high‑risk kidney autotransplant demonstrate expanding technical capability and offer a blueprint for saving and preserving organs that previously might have been lost. Medical leaders say these advances bring Vietnamese transplant services closer to major international centers and open new treatment pathways for complex vascular and pulmonary diseases.
Video originally published on 2026-01-01 09:00:57
