In Lviv, a patient underwent surgery to remove a kidney tumor and receive an aortic graft, all under a single anesthesia
At St. Panteleimon Hospital, part of Lviv’s First Medical Association, doctors performed two complex surgeries on a 63-year-old patient under a single anesthesia—removing a tumor-affected kidney and repairing a dangerous abdominal aortic aneurysm.
The patient, Hryhorii Korobka from Volyn, had lived for many years with a cyst on his left kidney, which, due to its complex location, had only been monitored. Subsequently, the man developed glomerulonephritis and severe hypertension. Several months ago, he was hospitalized with a critical blood pressure of 255 mmHg.
During the examination, doctors found that the tumor had already completely affected the kidney. In addition, the patient was diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm measuring over six centimeters in diameter, which posed a high risk of rupture.
Given the man’s age and his underlying heart and lung conditions, the Lviv doctors decided to perform a simultaneous operation—carrying out two different procedures under a single anesthesia.
During the first stage, surgeons removed the left kidney along with the adrenal gland. Afterward, vascular surgeons performed an aneurysm resection and an aortobifurcation bypass to restore normal blood flow.
The operation lasted about four hours. Four vascular surgeons were involved in the procedure.
According to Andriy Melen, head of the vascular surgery department at the Heart and Vascular Center of St. Panteleimon Hospital, the medical team took all possible risks into account and was able to avoid postoperative complications.
The patient is currently at home and is undergoing follow-up care with local doctors.
Source: First Medical Association of Lviv.
Chinese surgeons performed the first-ever ear-to-foot transplant on a patient following a workplace injury.
In the United States, the first patient to receive a pig kidney transplant has died.
