54-year-old son presents liver transplant to 75-year-old mother ahead of Parents' Day
May 07, 2025
Ahead of Parents' Day, a 54-year-old son presented a healthy new life to a 75-year-old mother through liver transplantation.
The organ transplant center at Chung-Ang University Hospital (Director Seo Seok-won) successfully completed the 100th liver transplant at Chung-Ang University Medical Center on the 15th of last month with a living liver transplant between mother and child.
The transplant surgery was carried out by a 54-year-old son donating his liver organs to a 75-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Moon, who was battling end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular cancer accompanied by ascites, and her mother and child were discharged from the hospital in good health on May 2 ahead of Parents' Day.
Since November 2015, Moon has been diagnosed with liver cirrhosis caused by metabolic dysfunction-related fatty liver disease (MASLD) and has been treated while visiting hospitals, and in August 2023, he was found to have hepatocellular carcinoma and received high-frequency heat treatment.
However, the liver cirrhosis gradually progressed, and in February this year, hemoptysis symptoms appeared, and Seo Seok-won (director of the organ transplant center at Chung-Ang University Hospital) was recommended for liver transplantation.
After hearing that Professor Seo needed a liver transplant, his son Oh readily decided to provide his liver to his mother, and boldly decided on the transplant operation, cheering for his hesitant mother to cheer up because she could be healthy without worrying about anything.
Liver transplantation is divided into living liver transplantation, which transplants the liver of a living person, and brain-dead liver transplantation, which transplants the donated liver of a dead person, and in Korea, donation of brain-dead liver transplantation is rare, so many people visit donors in their families, and Oh confirmed that the size and structure of the liver were suitable and performed surgery.
The mother and son's liver transplant surgery was conducted for eight hours by Professor Seo Seok-won (Director of the Organ Transplantation Center at Chung-Ang University Hospital), and the right lobe of his son Oh's liver was removed and his son's liver was transplanted to the patient Moon.
The operation was successfully completed, and the son recovered quickly and discharged first in 10 days, and Moon was discharged with his family on May 2 in good health.
Professor Seo Seok-won (Director of the Organ Transplantation Center at Chung-Ang University Hospital) said, "We are grateful that not only the donor but also the elderly beneficiaries have recovered normal liver function and are discharged healthy after surgery without complications. We hope that the patient who successfully performed the 100th liver transplant at Chung-Ang University Medical Center with his son's gift ahead of Parents' Day will continue to live a healthy life for over 100 years in the future."
Meanwhile, the organ transplant center at Chung-Ang University Hospital successfully performed liver transplantation for the 100th time ahead of Parents' Day, and medical staff at the organ transplant center, including Chung-Ang University Hospital Director Kwon Jung-taek and Professor Seo Seok-won, celebrated the mothers and mothers who recovered their health on the 30th of last month and shared their joy by presenting carnations.
Chung-Ang University Medical Center has established an organ transplant center team in Seoul that encompasses Chung-Ang University Hospital and Gwangmyeong Hospital since Professor Seo Seok-won succeeded in the 「Vivo liver transplantation」 for the first time on July 22, 2015, and has been performing heart and kidney transplantation as well as liver transplantation in cooperation with the organ transplant medical staff of both hospitals.
If the blood type is different during liver transplantation, antibodies present in the recipient's body may react with rejection, leading to death.
However, 'blood type nonconforming liver transplantation' is a high-level surgery that can be performed without immune side effects by suppressing the production of blood-type antibodies in bone marrow before transplantation even if donors and recipients have different blood types. Professor Seo Seok-won's team at Chung-Ang University Hospital has so far performed 'blood type nonconforming living body liver transplantation' and has shown high success rates, establishing itself as a representative liver transplant treatment hospital in Korea.
Professor Seo Seok-won said, "It has been 10 years since we performed liver transplantation at our hospital. Through organic cooperation with the organ transplant centers, gastroenterology, pathology, diagnostic laboratory, and radiology departments, we have established our position as a safe and top-notch organ transplant medical institution. Even if the blood type of the donor and the transplant recipient is not the same, there is no difference in the surgical outcome and the patient is showing a high success rate and survival rate, so it is necessary to actively consider donating and transplanting living livers through consultation with medical staff at a hospital specializing in liver transplantation."
The organ transplant center at Chung-Ang University Hospital (Director Seo Seok-won) successfully completed the 100th liver transplant at Chung-Ang University Medical Center on the 15th of last month with a living liver transplant between mother and child.
The transplant surgery was carried out by a 54-year-old son donating his liver organs to a 75-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Moon, who was battling end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular cancer accompanied by ascites, and her mother and child were discharged from the hospital in good health on May 2 ahead of Parents' Day.
Since November 2015, Moon has been diagnosed with liver cirrhosis caused by metabolic dysfunction-related fatty liver disease (MASLD) and has been treated while visiting hospitals, and in August 2023, he was found to have hepatocellular carcinoma and received high-frequency heat treatment.
However, the liver cirrhosis gradually progressed, and in February this year, hemoptysis symptoms appeared, and Seo Seok-won (director of the organ transplant center at Chung-Ang University Hospital) was recommended for liver transplantation.
After hearing that Professor Seo needed a liver transplant, his son Oh readily decided to provide his liver to his mother, and boldly decided on the transplant operation, cheering for his hesitant mother to cheer up because she could be healthy without worrying about anything.
Liver transplantation is divided into living liver transplantation, which transplants the liver of a living person, and brain-dead liver transplantation, which transplants the donated liver of a dead person, and in Korea, donation of brain-dead liver transplantation is rare, so many people visit donors in their families, and Oh confirmed that the size and structure of the liver were suitable and performed surgery.
The mother and son's liver transplant surgery was conducted for eight hours by Professor Seo Seok-won (Director of the Organ Transplantation Center at Chung-Ang University Hospital), and the right lobe of his son Oh's liver was removed and his son's liver was transplanted to the patient Moon.
The operation was successfully completed, and the son recovered quickly and discharged first in 10 days, and Moon was discharged with his family on May 2 in good health.
Professor Seo Seok-won (Director of the Organ Transplantation Center at Chung-Ang University Hospital) said, "We are grateful that not only the donor but also the elderly beneficiaries have recovered normal liver function and are discharged healthy after surgery without complications. We hope that the patient who successfully performed the 100th liver transplant at Chung-Ang University Medical Center with his son's gift ahead of Parents' Day will continue to live a healthy life for over 100 years in the future."
Meanwhile, the organ transplant center at Chung-Ang University Hospital successfully performed liver transplantation for the 100th time ahead of Parents' Day, and medical staff at the organ transplant center, including Chung-Ang University Hospital Director Kwon Jung-taek and Professor Seo Seok-won, celebrated the mothers and mothers who recovered their health on the 30th of last month and shared their joy by presenting carnations.
Chung-Ang University Medical Center has established an organ transplant center team in Seoul that encompasses Chung-Ang University Hospital and Gwangmyeong Hospital since Professor Seo Seok-won succeeded in the 「Vivo liver transplantation」 for the first time on July 22, 2015, and has been performing heart and kidney transplantation as well as liver transplantation in cooperation with the organ transplant medical staff of both hospitals.
If the blood type is different during liver transplantation, antibodies present in the recipient's body may react with rejection, leading to death.
However, 'blood type nonconforming liver transplantation' is a high-level surgery that can be performed without immune side effects by suppressing the production of blood-type antibodies in bone marrow before transplantation even if donors and recipients have different blood types. Professor Seo Seok-won's team at Chung-Ang University Hospital has so far performed 'blood type nonconforming living body liver transplantation' and has shown high success rates, establishing itself as a representative liver transplant treatment hospital in Korea.
Professor Seo Seok-won said, "It has been 10 years since we performed liver transplantation at our hospital. Through organic cooperation with the organ transplant centers, gastroenterology, pathology, diagnostic laboratory, and radiology departments, we have established our position as a safe and top-notch organ transplant medical institution. Even if the blood type of the donor and the transplant recipient is not the same, there is no difference in the surgical outcome and the patient is showing a high success rate and survival rate, so it is necessary to actively consider donating and transplanting living livers through consultation with medical staff at a hospital specializing in liver transplantation."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
