Transplant success for Siriraj

Thailand has conducted its first successful multi-visceral transplant, according to Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.

A multi-visceral transplant is one in which the intestines are replaced, along with the liver and/or spleen, and sometimes the stomach.

The news was revealed on Tuesday at a press briefing by Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of the faculty, and a team of doctors who carried out the procedure. Also present was Naphakporn Boonyapisit, the patient who underwent the transplant almost a year ago. She is now healthy and has no complications, the team said.

Dr Yongyut Sirivatanauksorn, deputy director of Siriraj Hospital and head of the surgical team, said that in 2018 the patient was diagnosed with a tumour in her small intestine and had it removed.

Afterwards, she developed an abdominal blood clot, blocking the blood flow to the small…