 | | Jesica Santillan |
Jesica Santillan, the teenager who urvived a botched heart-lung transplant long enough to get a second set of donated organs, died Saturday, two days after the second transplant. Jesica, 17, whose own heart had a deformity that kept her lungs from getting oxygen into her blood, received a heart-lung transplant Feb. 7. But because of human error, In the first operation, Dr. James Jaggers implanted organs from a donor with type A blood, rather than Jesica's O-positive. She was near death by the time the second set was placed in her body early Thursday. By early Friday, the newest organs were performing well but Jesica's brain was swelled and bleeding. Santillan waited three years for the first transplant. It was widely expected that she would die waiting for a second because 200 people are waiting for heart-lung transplants and the operation is rare. Only 28 such transplants were performed in the first 11 months last year and 27 in 2001. Santillan's friends and family mounted an aggressive media campaign to court a direct organ donation to her and raise awareness for donations. Santillan was at the top of the donor list when the organs became available shortly before midnight Wednesday. Even under normal circumstances, she would face significant odds for a full recovery. About 79 percent of heart-lung recipients survive a month after surgery. Duke officials are still investigating what led to the Feb. 7 error. (Agencies) | 被错误地移植了一副不同血型的心肺，然后苦苦支撑直至接受第二次移植的少女杰西卡·桑提连，于2月22日，也就是第二次手术两天后，停止了呼吸。 17岁的杰西卡因心脏畸形而导致肺部供血不足。2月7日，她接受了心肺移植手术。然而，由于人为原因造成的错误，主治医生詹姆斯·贾格尔斯将一副A型血的器官植入了O+型血的杰西卡体内。直至2月20日，杰西卡才获得另一副相符的器官，接受了第二次手术，然而，那时的杰西卡已经奄奄一息了。手术后第一天，新植入的器官情况良好，但杰西卡的脑部出现了肿胀和充血。  | | 可怜的杰西卡永远地闭上了眼睛 |
为了找到合适的心肺进行移植，桑提连已经等了足足三年。第一次手术失败后，众人都以为她肯定没救了。因为有200人在等待合适的心肺接受移植，而这样的手术是很稀少的。从2002年1月到11月，这样的手术仅进行了28例，而2001年全年仅有27例。 桑提连的朋友和家人借助媒体大范围地寻求捐赠器官，并增加了酬金。桑提连的名字一直在受赠器官名单的榜首。19日午夜，符合条件的心肺终于找到了。 但即便是手术的一切情况正常，桑提连痊愈的机会仍然不大。79%的病人在接受心肺移植后仅能存活一个月。 杜克大学医院的官员正在调查造成2月7日手术事故的原因。 （中国日报网站译） |
Updated: 2003-02-26 01:00
