Gragnano is a record in Italy, a successful liver transplant in a 74-year-old man

Gragnano becomes the city of the medical record, in fact a liver was transplanted on a patient of 74 years

The operation carried out by the primary team Carmine Coppola, thanks to the use of advanced machines, is It was possible to conduct the operation successfully.

The innovation in this new intervention lies in the fact that until now it was possible to transplant a liver to patients aged 65 and over. This has also been possible to a detailed study of who the donors are and the intense study on the healing of liver diseases with the latest drugs.

There are more than 2,000 patients admitted to the Gragnano Department of Hepatology, thanks to the continuing research of doctors, they have managed to have the appropriate diagnosis for each particular case.

The Gragnano Hospital is connected to the Pisa Hepology Center, where patients can be accommodated and operated with state-of-the-art machines. Coppola states:

"The results have doubled, but also tripled because research has progressed and organs, considered" good ", can be explained not only by young people but also by the elderly, even 90 years old. liver, for example – meets the primary of the hepatology, Coppola – can remain in optimal conditions more in a person who has reached the senior age, rather than in boys, often addicted to alcohol. Arrangement more organized, more transplants to perform.In addition, another revolution was also made with the healing, until healing, diseases of the liver.Before reaching a serious condition and liver must necessarily be transplanted, you can, today, try a therapy to eradicate hepatitis "

8 other beds in Castellammare di Stabia:

extended health care offer for the emergency department from the hospital al San Leonardo de Castellammare. "

In fact, since July 1, Dr. Coppola also runs the mini-ward, with eight beds, housed in internal medicine, at Stabia Presidium

" A comprehensive counseling for patients who are sometimes unaware of the pathology caused by liver malfunction – explains Coppola, an expert in liver disease – Eight young doctors department, active for 13 days at the hospital of Castellammare di Stabia ".

Dionisia Pizzo

Source: Metropolis