Digest This - Special Edition 2008 - (Page 9) Digestive Disease institute Adult Intestinal Transplant Available at Cleveland Clinic Staff from our Digestive Disease and Surgery institutes completed Cleveland Clinic’s first adult intestinal transplant on Monday, June 30. Cleveland Clinic is now the only hospital in ohio and is among only a few hospitals in the country that perform adult intestinal transplants. The patient, a 47-year-old man from Painesville, ohio, is making excellent progress. Cristiano Quintini, MD, Surgical Director of our Intestinal Transplant Program, performed the recipient surgery with John Fung, MD, PhD, Director of our Transplant Center, and Bijan Eghtesad, MD, a liver and intestinal transplant surgeon. Charles Miller, MD, Director of Liver Transplantation, and Koji Hashimoto, MD, a multiorgan transplant surgeon, prepared the donor intestine for implantation. These surgeons have already contributed to the development of intestinal transplantation at other Medicare approved intestinal transplant centers and together added this newest procedure to This year, Cleveland Clinic also began performing intestinal transplantation. About half of patients who receive an intestinal transplant also will need a liver transplant. Patients with intestinal failure are given intravenous feedings, which trigger liver failure in about 25 percent of those patients. Because patients with liver diseases are at a higher risk for developing complications, including liver cancer, Dr. Fung says it’s important for primary care physicians to make early referrals. “Early referrals are important in order to properly prioritize patients and treat them,” says Dr. Fung. “About 15 to 20 percent of liver disease patients are at a higher risk for developing liver cancer. Early referrals can provide patients with more options, such as novel treatments for early-stage liver cancers. Early referrals for patients with co-morbidities, such as heart disease, also are important because of our abilities and experience in treating high-risk patients.” Cleveland Clinic’s solid organ transplantation program, making it the most comprehensive in the world. In addition, Donald F. Kirby, MD, has recently joined the staff of the Digestive Disease Institute to serve as the Medical Director for the Small Intestinal Transplant Program and Director of nutrition Services. For more information, email digestthis@ccf.org clevelandclinic.org /digestivedisease InVESTIGATIonS {9} http://www.clevelandclinic.org/digestivedisease
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