Prague’s IKEM undertakes unique liver operation

Doctors from the Prague Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM) say they have performed a unique liver transplant operation to save the life of a man who overdosed on paracetomol after suffering from a fever. The say a combination of complex operations in a short space of time managed to save the life of the 34-year-old man who faced almost certain death from the overdose. Such a complex transplant had never been attempted before in the world and although the costs were around twice those of a normal liver operation, they have now proved that it can be done.

Author: Chris Johnstone