Data shows that there are about 2 million people in the world who need organ transplants every year, and the global average organ supply and demand ratio is 1:20 to 1 : 30. Among them, about 1,500 adolescents and children in my country are reborn after organ transplants every year. At present, domestic organ transplants are mainly the four major organs of heart, lung, liver and kidney. Among them, kidney transplants and liver transplants are the most numerous, and liver transplants basically account for 30%-35% of all organ transplants every year.
Shanghai Renji Hospital has completed 2,693 children’s liver transplants since 2006, ranking first in the number of single-center children’s liver transplants in the world for 8 consecutive years. Luo Yi, deputy director of the Department of Liver Surgery at Renji Hospital and director of the Children’s Ward of Liver Surgery, said, “The primary disease of most children who need liver transplantation in my country is biliary atresia. According to relevant statistics, the incidence of biliary atresia in my country is about 5,000 percent. First, there are nearly 3,500 to 5,000 patients each year, but the actual number of children’s liver transplants in my country is about 1,000 each year.”
Luo Yi also revealed that Renji Hospital liver transplants The success rate of liver transplantation in the center is more than 95%. The one-year survival rate of children with biliary atresia within two years of age is 94%, the five-year survival rate is about 91%, and the ten-year survival rate is 89%. However, the survival rate reported internationally is the highest. The long-term child has been more than 30 years old.
June 11th is the China Organ Donation Theme Day, initiated by the China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation and co-organized by Shanghai Jiangeng Medicine, the Relay of Life Charity Relief Action “Xinmiaozhuan”. Learning Public Welfare Project” is in progress. Ms. Li (pseudonym), a family member of the patient who received public welfare assistance, told reporters, “The child was diagnosed with biliary atresia when he was 6 months old, and later completed liver transplantation and follow-up recovery treatment at Renji Hospital. Now the child is 9 years old and is in Qingpu. This time, I am very grateful to Jiangeng Medicine and China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation for helping us, helping our children complete their studies and reducing some of our burdens.”
< span> Regarding the postoperative recovery period, Luo Yi revealed, “Although most children with biliary atresia require liver transplantation, this is a benign disease and will not recur like a tumor. Recovery, but you need to take anti-rejection drugs and follow up according to the doctor’s instructions.”
It is reported that the “Xinmiao Student Aid Project” focuses on the education of adolescents and children after organ transplantation Up to now, since 2015, Jiangeng Medicine has signed a donation agreement totaling 3,252,000 yuan with the China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation in stages. The donation agreement is used to help the transplanted children complete their studies and realize their dream of studying.
It is understood that the “Xinmiao Student Aid Project” was officially launched in January 2021. A total of 48 patients for organ transplants were enrolled. Renji Hospital affiliated to the hospital, Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Fudan University, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Tongji Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, etc. 15 medical institutions. In response to this public welfare action, Jian Geng Medicine revealed that the 2022 Xinmiao Student Aid Project will continue to expand its scale, and plans to add 38 primary school students, 20 middle school students, and 8 college students. At the same time, the China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation also It will cooperate with public welfare platforms such as Tencent Public Welfare, Xiaomi Public Welfare, Alipay Public Welfare, etc., hoping to raise more funds for the Xinmiao project and help more patients.
Xinmin Evening News reporter Zuo Yan