title: Landmarks in clinical solid organ transplantation in Vietnam.
abstract: Renal transplantation was first performed in Vietnam in 1992. Up to the end of 2010, there have been 400 kidney and 16 liver transplantations from related and unrelated living donors. From 8 brain-dead donors between 2008 and 2010, we performed 15 kidney, 1 liver, and 1 heart transplantation. Few people agree to donate their own or their relatives' after death, mainly owing to the traditional belief of the Vietnamese that "as a man lives, so shall he die." The demand for organs for transplantation therefore exceeds the organ availability. This article sought to present some achievements and challenges in the field of solid organ transplantation in Vietnam as well as the necessary measures to develop this young promising specialty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Transplantation, University of Medicine Pham Ngoc Thach, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. ledinhhieu@pnt.edu.vn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ledinh
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001926:Brain Death; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000628:therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014744:Vietnam