At the age of 8 months, 5 organs were grafted

Minh Quang

After 45 days of transplanting 5 organs at the same time in a very complicated surgery, an 8-month-old American boy is currently in good health.

According to the doctors of Morgan Stanley, New York Children's Hospital, baby Elijah Moulton was paired at the same time with 5 organs including liver, small intestine, colon, pancreas, and stomach.

When born, your baby has a complete bowel obstruction, a form of deformity of the entire gastro-intestinal system, making him unable to eat. To save her life, the hospital performed a 7-hour transplant surgery on July 10.

Baby Elijah is in good health after 6 weeks of surgery.(Photo: ABC)

On August 24, Dr. Mercedes Martinez said the baby Elijah will be transferred to a rehabilitation center on August 27 and will stay there for about six weeks to continue caring and eating.

Dr. Martinez said: 'Currently, my baby's health is very good. Pinky, fresh. Baby often looks at things around and even smiles'. According to Ms Martinez, 'graft and infection are the most dangerous complications that can occur within the first 6-10 weeks after surgery'.

The advantage in the recent surgery is that all 5 baby graft organs are made from a single person, and they are connected together into a single block, not discrete parts.

Baby Elijah has been placed on the ' waiting list ' for 5 months before being approved by a family for parts taken from a baby of the same age but suffering from another illness. The main surgeon of the operation is Mr. Dr. Dominique Jan, who had successfully performed the first gut transplant in the world in 1991. During that surgery, he paired two organs at the same time.

According to Dr. Jan, under certain conditions, 7 organs can be safely transplanted at the same time. He said: 'By concurrently transplanting multiple organs, we can help children with intestinal deformities or severe infections have a healthy body when they grow up.'

Before Elijah was born, her parents were Brad Moulton and Mrs. Heather had two children: a 5-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl.