Hospital de Clínicas achieves new transplant, changing patient's life after 7 years of dialysis

In a significant medical achievement, the Hospital de Clínicas has successfully conducted its 207th kidney transplant since reactivating its program in 2014. The complex surgery, involving a deceased donor, has given a new lease on life to a 49-year-old woman who had been dependent on dialysis for seven years.

The patient suffered from advanced chronic kidney disease and relied on hemodialysis multiple times a week at the institution's Adult Nephrology Department. This successful transplant, made possible by the generous decision of a donor family to give the organs of their deceased loved one, means she can now leave the dialysis unit behind and look forward to a better quality of life.

The complex operation was led by Prof. Dr. Carolina Vázquez, coordinator of Kidney Transplants at the Adult Nephrology Department, and Dr. Norma Arévalos Galeano, head of the institution's Transplant Department. The surgical team included anesthesiologist Dr. Juan Meza, vascular surgeons Drs. José Gamarra and Leonardo Ojeda, urologist Dr. Arsenio Martínez, and nephrologist Dr. Rossana Vera.

Support from resident doctors in training, nursing staff from the Central Surgical Pavilion, the Hemodialysis area, the Transplant Unit, and the Adult Intensive Care Unit was crucial for the operation's success. The medical team is now closely monitoring the patient's recovery.