Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital implements its first living liver transplant since the opening of the new hospital...State-of-the-art critical care system effective

Oct 20, 2025

Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital implements its first living liver transplant since the opening of the new hospital...State-of-the-art critical care system effective
Intensive care unit exclusively for transplant patients designed with a structure in which donors and recipients look at each other through a window.



Cheonan Hospital (Hospital Director Lee Moon-soo) affiliated with Soonchunhyang University announced on the 20th that it has successfully performed its first living liver transplantation since the opening of the new hospital.

The patient who underwent liver transplantation was identified by Lee (40s, female), who was diagnosed with alcoholic end-stage cirrhosis at Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital in July.

Lee's only treatment is liver transplantation. Fortunately, the patient's father came forward as a donor, and the hospital organ transplant center (Director Bae Sang-ho) successfully completed a living liver transplant on September 24 after 12 hours of major surgery.




The surgery was conducted by the surgical organ transplant team (Professors Sang Sang-ho, Kim Hye-young, Jeong Hae-il, Lee Hyun-yong, Kim Young-gil, and Seo Seung-hee), and the patient recovered quickly and discharged healthy on the 14th.

Professor Kim Hye-young, the doctor in charge, said "With our steady experience and know-how in the field of organ transplantation, we were able to perform successful surgery"In particular, the state-of-the-art critical care system, which has changed since the opening of the new hospital, has helped patients recover quickly."."

As Professor Kim said, this living liver transplant is also evaluated as a result of the state-of-the-art intensive care medical system introduced in the new hospital. The hospital surgical intensive care unit (SICU), where transplant patients are admitted after surgery, is designed with an independent structure of a single room, providing intensive care units to help patients quickly treat and recover.




"Transplant patients operate a separate treatment room, and it is designed with donors and recipients looking at each other through windows in their respective rooms, providing an optimal treatment environment that minimizes the risk of infection and provides emotional stability," said Jinyoung Kim's chief of intensive care unit (respiratory medicine).

The actual patient was able to receive intensive care in the intensive care unit after surgery, and the donor was able to be discharged healthy after 12 days and the beneficiary was able to be discharged from the hospital after 21 days.

Bae Sang-ho, Director of the Organ Transplantation Center, said, "The collaboration with various medical departments, systematic systems, and medical environment are very important for living liver transplantation. We will do our best to improve the survival rate and quality of life of transplant patients based on the advanced system of the new hospital and the capabilities of the medical staff."."




Meanwhile, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital is restoring new life through numerous organ transplants, starting with the first kidney transplant in the region in the 1990s. In particular, since 2016, it has been leading the development of local organ transplantation by making excellent achievements in the field of liver transplantation.



Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital implements its first living liver transplant since the opening of the new hospital...State-of-the-art critical care system effective
Suncheonhyang University Cheonan Hospital recently performed its first living liver transplant surgery since the opening of the new hospital. Group photo of living liver transplant patients and medical staff.




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.