A living kidney transplant saves a 12-year-old girl suffering from end-stage renal failure
A man in prison donated his kidney to his daughter to save her life. The intervention took place at Bari Polyclinic, at the height of a year that saw as many as 123 organ transplants. The transplant was successfully performed by the team of Professor Michele Battaglia, the little patient is well and is under periodic observation of the pediatric nephrology department. Renal failure was diagnosed at the Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital by Dr. Mario Giordano. After a year of dialysis, the kidney of the little girl she stopped responding and the only treatment that could have saved her was a transplant. His father didn’t hold back. After all the evaluations resulting from the multidisciplinary collaboration of urologists, nephrologists, immunologists, clinical pathologists, psychologists, imaging experts, infectious diseases, anesthetists-resuscitators, the authorization for the purpose of transplantation was received from the ‘commission’ and in this case also from the magistrate surveillance.
The moved mother: “Thanks to my husband and to all those who have given a second life to my daughter”
“This case has involved and committed us a lot. The great commitment of the Regional Transplant Center has been matched to the beautiful act of paternal love to make possible a gift that has overcome all obstacles and barriers to save the little girl”, comments the Center Coordinator. regional transplants, Loreto Gesualdo. “The post-operative phase has kept us particularly apprehensive – continues Prof. Gesualdo – Today, weeks later, we continue to record the complete functional recovery of the kidney and we are happy to have returned to the little girl she deserves normality as a child”. The heartfelt thanks of the mother addressed to the Polyclinic: “I thank all those who have given a second life to my daughter, and my husband, to whom we cannot be close”. “Behind every organ transplant there are stories of great humanity. The smile returned to this family encourages us to move forward with the living kidney transplant program, especially in this period in which Covid is engaging hospitals with organizational efforts The Bari Polyclinic in recent years has been among the first centers for the number of living transplants performed in Italy “, concludes the general director of the Bari Polyclinic, Giovanni Migliore.