GIRL RECOVERS FROM POISONING AFTER TRANSPLANT.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A girl sickened by poisonous wild mushrooms has been sent home with her own healthy liver after a successful partial liver transplant liver transplant Hepatic transplant Transplant surgery A procedure that replaces a cancer conquered, metabolically defeated, or substance subjugated liver with one no longer required by its owner, many of whom donate same after an MVA Diseases requiring transplant surgery. Doctors grafted part of a donor's liver onto Jennifer Chang's damaged one in hopes that it would help the girl's damaged liver cells regenerate. The surgery was so successful that surgeons removed the donor's liver. "She's back to being a healthy girl," said Philip Rosenthal, medical director of the pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. liver transplant program at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. "The transplant section was a bridge that allowed the native liver to recover," Rosenthal said. Chang, her mother and two brothers became sick Feb. 3 after eating so-called death cap wild mushrooms, known scientifically as Amania phalloides. The family used the mushrooms in a spaghetti sauce. Most liver transplant patients must take anti-rejection drugs Anti-Rejection Drugs Definition Anti-rejection drugs are daily medications taken by organ transplant patients to prevent organ rejection. Purpose for the rest of their lives to reduce the risk of their bodies rejecting the donated organ. |
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